‘The Violinist’ Won the Annecy Cristal – and Its Directors Say Southeast Asia’s Animation Deserves a Global Audience

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‘The Violinist’ Won the Annecy Cristal – and Its Directors Say Southeast Asia’s Animation Deserves a Global Audience
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'The Violinist' Directors on Annecy Cristal Win and Singapore History

Ervin Han and Raúl García on the decade-long making of Annecy Cristal winner 'The Violinist' and Southeast Asian animation's moment.

Variety

Annecy Winners: ’The Violinist’ Takes Top Prize, ’Iron Boy’ Sweeps Three Awards and Don Hertzfeldt Scores Best Short

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Annecy Colombian Entry ‘Once in a Body’ Explores Human Ties

Colombia’s María Cristina Pérez competed at Annecy Perspectives sidebar with her experimental short ‘Once in a Body’

Variety
Annecy Announces Colombia as 2027 Country of Honor

Annecy has named Colombia as its Country of Honor in 2027, recognition to the South American nation’s burgeoning animation industry.

Variety
Annecy's Top Winners: ’The Violinist,’ ‘Iron Boy,’ Don Hertzfeldt

‘The Great Dreamscape’ scored a TV Cristal, ‘The Broos’ a TV Audience Award while Jocelyn Charles’ ‘God Is Shy’ scored two short film prizes.  

Variety
Singapore Period Drama ‘The Violinist’ Wins Annecy

The hand-drawn feature from director Ervin Han and Raúl García took the Cristal for best film at the international animation festival. Louis Clichy's debut 'Iron Boy' won the audience award.

The Hollywood Reporter

Everybody Needs To Chill Out About The One Piece Trailer, And Also, Wait, Mayumi Tanaka Is Back?

So the trailer for "The One Piece" dropped, and within about four seconds the internet did what the internet always does, it split into a dozen little factions all furious about something slightly different. Some people are saying the new animation doesn't hold a candle to the old Toei style, that it's lost whatever scrappy charm the original had after twenty five years on air. Some people are saying they just don't like the 3D look in general, that it feels too smooth, too clean, too far […]

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