Episode 150 - Live @ Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2024

Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2024.

Animation Without Borders: Navigating the Imperative of Global Appeal.

The Fantasy/Animation podcast takes listeners on a journey through the intersection between fantasy cinema and the medium of animation. Available via Apple Podcasts, Spotify and many of your favourite podcast hosting platforms!

Episode 150 is another Fantasy/Animation podcast special, this time recorded live at the recent Annecy International Animation Film Festival back in June 2024, where Chris was invited to speak on a panel as part of the Annecy International Animation Film Market (MIFA). Created in 1960, Annecy is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the animation calendar, and stands today as an annual celebration of all things animation, from features and shorts to animated television, advertising, and student films. MIFA is the more industry-leaning arm of the festival, and a place where attendees can meet exhibitors, buyers, and investors, and make contact and discuss animation projects and productions with industry professionals. This episode features a recording of the Animation Without Borders: Navigating the Imperative of Global Appeal panel, moderated by Juliette Rogasik (founder and creative director of Story Critters) and featuring both Sarah Cox (Chief Creative Director at Aardman) and Peilin Chou (Producer at Netflix Animation). Listen as the panel offer their own perspectives on the cross-cultural challenges and opportunities faced by animation productions in reaching global audiences, and what it means to preserve cultural specificity and authenticity in light of increasing internationalisation.

**Fantasy/Animation theme tune composed by Francisca Araujo**

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Suggested Readings

  • Agnoli, Francis, and Rayna Denison. 2019. “Introducing Transnational Animation: A Special Issue of Animation Studies.” Animation Studies, available at: https://journal.animationstudies.org/category/transnational-animation/.

  • Holliday, Christopher. 2018. The Computer-Animated Film: Industry, Style and Genre. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

  • Wells, Paul. 1998. Understanding Animation. London: Routledge.

PODCASTChristopher Holliday and Alexander SergeantINDUSTRY, GLOBAL, CULTURE, NATIONAL, PRODUCTIONComment