40 animation student films, from the US and Mexico to Korea, were selected for this year's Annecy Festival (9-15 June 2024). 23 countries are here represented, with France leading (7 French animation shorts selected), and UK following (4 films from 3 schools).

Stop-motion, 2D, 3D and AI films are also represented.

This year’s selection is particularly eclectic, with a strong emphasis on humour and frivolity, even the nonsensical. The films tackle intimate themes (family or romantic relationships, grief and resilience) through a fictional lens or personal accounts -  Marie-Pauline Mollaret, Annecy Festival Selection Committee member

Graduation Films in Competition at Annecy Festival 2024

7 Missing,  Directed by: Yuval KATZ / Israel
Adiós, Directed by: José PRATS LÓPEZ / United Kingdom
Apartment 203, Directed by: Mariana MORENO BERNAL, Eduardo POIRÉ COUTO / Mexico
Ardent Other, Directed by: Alice BRYGO / Country: France
Between You and Me, Directed by: Cameron KLETKE / Country: Canada
Carrotica, Directed by: Daniel STERLIN-ALTMAN /  Germany
Claw, Directed by: Lucas FERRER / Country: France
Crow Man, Directed by: Yohann ABDELNOUR / Country: Lebanon
Echoes, Directed by: Robinson DROSSOS / Country: France
Echoes of Grief, Directed by: Verena REPAR / Country: Austria
Frite sans maillot, Directed by: Matteo SALANAVE / Country: France
Girls' Hair, Directed by: Klara THAFVELIN / Country: Sweden
Hic svnt dracones, Directed by: Justin FAYARD / Country: France
Humantis, Directed by: Paris BAILLIE / Country: USA
I Wanna Be a Statue, Directed by: Harvey AUERBACH-DUNN / Country: United Kingdom
Is This Now the Time I Should Let You Go?, Directed by: Yi-Chin TSAI / Country: Finland, Taiwan, Belgium, Portugal
Maatitel, Directed by: Govinda SAO / Country: India
Mary: Through Glass, Directed by: Wyatt CARSON / Country: USA
Minus Plus Multiply, Directed by: Chu-Chieh LEE / Country: United Kingdom
Moving Mountains, Directed by: Jessica POON / Country: Germany
Piiritajad, Directed by: Ada NAPIÓRKOWSKI / Country: Estonia
Plevel, Directed by: Pola KAZAK / Country: Czech Republic
Přes střepy, Directed by: Natálie DURCHÁNKOVÁ / Country: Czech Republic
Prozori s južne strane, Directed by: Eugen BILANKOV / Country: Croatia
Pubert Jimbob, Directed by: Quirijn DEES / Country: Belgium
Return, Directed by: Lindong CHEN / Country: Japan
Sangre petrolera, Directed by: Alejandro JIMÉNEZ MORA / Country: Costa Rica
Searching for the 5th Direction, Directed by: Schüpbach MATTHIAS / Country: Switzerland
Ser semilla, Directed by: Julia GRANILLO TOSTADO / Country: Portugal,  Belgium, Finland, Mexico
Sheep Out, Directed by: Zofia KLAMKA / Country: Poland
Show, Directed by: Jagoda CZARNOWSKA / Country: Poland
Tabac froid, Directed by: Arthur JAMAIN / Country: France
The Bubby Bear Show, Directed by: Thavin VONGPATANASIN / Country: USA
The Last Visit, Directed by: Warutkomain KEAWALEE / Country: Estonia
The Monster, Directed by: Ruby YANG, Bomin KIM / Country: South Korea
The Time Botanist, Directed by: Glenn PAUL-PARVENU / Country: France
To the Brink, Directed by: Hugo DOCKING / Country: United Kingdom
Waterpark, Directed by: Ross MALO / Country: Ireland
Yapolaponky, Directed by: Masataka KIHARA / Country: Japan
You Are the Truck and I Am the Deer, Directed by: Max FERGUSON / Country: Belgium

Carrotica

The Last Visit

You Are the Truck and I Am the Deer

Check the short films in competition: Annecy 2024 selection

(cover image: Ser semilla by Julia Granillo Tostado)

Annecy Festival takes place from 9 to 15 June 2024 in Annecy, France.

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