Jury members to hand out 18 separate awards to the 220 films screening in Competition.
‘Le Grand Mechant Renard et Autres Contes,’ ‘Sahara’ and ‘Zombillenium’ will face off in the feature animation category.
Four European-made features will vie for the award, presented Dec. 9 in Berlin.
Inaugural edition takes place October 20-22, 2017 at the TCL Chinese 6 Theaters, Hollywood; tickets on sale and full slate to be announced September 20.
Exclusive making-of presentations of three animated features and one Virtual Reality film will be held for ‘Loving Vincent,’ ‘Have a Nice Day,’ ‘Zombillenium’ and ‘Nothing Happens.’
Honorees include Arthur de Pins, Megan Nicole Dong, Dorota Kobiela, Kirsten Lepore, Kira Lehtomaki, Dave Mullins, Julia Pott, Carlos Puertolas, Dana Terrace, Nora Twomey.
Animated Feature directed by Arthur de Pins and Alexis Ducord from the French overseas province Island of Réunion also selected to screen in competition at Annecy 2017.
Full program for the 2017 edition of the Annecy International Animated Film Festival, running June 12-17, now available online.
