We were delighted to have Olivia play in competition in Annecy last week but unfortunately we came away empty handed.
It was the 50th anniversary of the festival so it was a great time to be there.
50 years of Annecy - This is the entrance to the Bonlieu centre
50 yrs of Annecy
Annecy ticket booth
As always, Annecy was an inspirational and fun place to be in the company of fellow Animation professionals. I had a lot of meetings while I was there in the beautiful surroundings of the Imperial Palace Hotel.
Imperial Palace Hotel
I even got to sample some of the local cuisine…. L’escargots!!!
SNAILS!!!!
Steeling my nerve!
Here goes nothing!!!
Pas mal...
The closing night awards and party were fun, even if the awards ceremony intself was a little baffling in its style of ‘comedy’… I guess it would have helped more if I could understand what they were saying 
Annecy awards ceremony
The stage of winners as the celebrations begin
Large white ballons descended... I thought it was the finale of the Prisoner!!!
Congrats to the winners which a full list of can be found here
The big winner of the night was the Filma Sinna Mann:
This film went on to win 3 awards on the night & the director Anita Killi seemed genuinely stunned & delighted every time her name was called as winner. It was great to see such hard work being recognised.
It was such a flying visit though, that I felt like I wasn’t there long enough & didn’t see enough animation. I hope to go back for a bit longer next year when (hopefully) we will have something on show at the festival.
