Annecy 2025, A flourishing week for around midnight !
End Clap for the Annecy International Animation Film Festival ! The movies around midnight did not fail to shine with it withTwo great awards !
Flippe "major decision" (Freaked Out « Major Decision ») - Public price
TV movies category
2 minutes 30 were enough to conquer the public in the face of serious rivals ! A great way to celebrate the broadcast of the season 2 Théo tribulations, young adult prey to her daily anxieties
In the award -winning episode, He plans to ask his girlfriend to move in with him, A situation that has probably echoed in the public.
The Flippe series (Freaked Out), is co-produced with fklg, Canal +, Panic! and RTBF ; It is adapted from Théo Grosjean's comic strip The most freaked out man in the world (Delcourt editions).
A new episode comes out every week on the youtube channel of the Bagel studio. The integral is already accessible on My Canal !
The Great Annual Party of the Creatures of the Moon (The great annual party of the creatures of the Moon) - Young audience price
Category short films
Our new acquisition, completely crazy, was able to conquer young jurors of the festival. The self-produced short film by Canadian Francis Desharnais has the distinction of being entirely made on the pin screen : An animation technique exploiting the shadows of needles placed in relief on a frame to create images. The director demonstrated it in Mifa during the week, with the screen make of pins Alexandre Noyer.
Synopsis : "Humans have finally left the moon! LET’S PARTY! »
7 Other films presented at the festival !
9 Million Colors (9 millions of colors), An underwater musical - Official selection short film
This hitchhiking film by Czech visual director Anna Bára made her world premiere in the program opening the festival. It was produced by Bionaut & Divize Animation (Czechian), Trollfilm (Norway) and Reynard Films (Germany). Duration of 15 minutes, This is Anna Bára's third, After Fisherman (2017) et Love is Just a Death Away (2020), Both shortlisted at the Bafta.
Synopsis: "The ocean is a paradise for French shrimp. Nothing escapes its deadly pliers. For the blind fish Milva, It is a daily struggle for survival. French finds it magnificent and would like it too to see the ocean as well. Will they be able to overcome their differences ? »
Capybaras (THE CARPINCHOS), A word without speech on living together - selection of young audiences
After several awards at international festivals, THE CARPINCHOS(Cabyparas) d’Alfredo Soderguit, was presented in the competition for young audiences of the Annecy festival. Produced by Autour de Minuit, Estudio Palermo and Bird, According to the book l ’Arrival of Capybaras d’Alfredo Soderguit, The short film begins the second year of its course at festivals.
Synopsis: "The hunting season started. A family of Capybaras tries to take refuge in a chicken coop, But the hens do not trust them. This is without counting on the curiosity of the youngest who will create a union with unexpected fallout… »
A Walk Into The Afterlife, A fantastic epic fantasy cats - selection of young audiences
A Walk into the Afterlife de Jiyun Jeong, recently entered our catalog, was also selected in competition young audiences in Annecy. Produced by Doghouse Films, This bright short film of 4 minutes mixing 2D and 3D is distinguished by its particular paw, Between sketch and painting.
Synopsis: "A little cat begins a trip to the garden of the beyond in search of a magic flower. »»
Jean-Michel Super Caribou « Jean-Michel Express » (Jeremy Super Caribou « Jeremy’s fast delivery service »), A committed episode - Selection of television movies
This selection crowned the release of the season 2 by Jean-Michel Super Caribou on France Télévisions, A series produced by Mathieu Auvray and Pauline Pinson after the work of Magali Le Huche (South acts). In this episode, Rolande La Poodiche offers residents to deliver them to your home. She hires Bernard the clumsy squirrel and René the rabbit foufou as deliverers counting on Jean-Michel to save the situation. Accidents are multiplying on the roads of the valley, But our superhero is not fooled.
The series is co-produced by midnight and Panic! and is distributed by France TV.
Several selections also in the parallel sections:
Brown Morning (Morning Brown), A bitterly current dystopia - Midnight Shorts
An animated adaptation of the new bestseller by Franck Pavloff, co-produced between midnight, Doghouse Films and Art, made his great first at the Annecy festival! Directed by Carlo Vogele, The film has echoed the challenges of our time.
Synopsis: "Small compromises in big cowardice, gradually, Brown animals invade homes and take control. A authoritarian power with absurd laws is being set up. Pour ne pas avoir d’ennuis, Charly complies with the rules of this world without colors and discovers at his expense the horror of fascism. »»
The film is now accessible on the Arte platform.
Playing God, du body horror en stop motion – Midnight Shorts
Calendar chance, This genre film that has already made a lot of noise around the world, was scheduled in Annecy at the same time as Tribeca where he won the prize for the best animated short film! Around midnight co -produced it with Studio Croma (Italy).
Synopsis: "A clay sculpture comes to life in the darkness of a workshop, Surrounded by strange creatures ... "
Love – Tribute to the Hungarian animation
Two retrospective sessions devoted to director Réka Bucsi included her film Love, whose distribution is ensured by around midnight.
Synopsis: "A short film that describes this feeling in 3 Chapters through a collision in an unknown solar system. »»
A pitch in Mifa !
Luís Paris presented his project Synchronicity, during the session of Argentine pitches "New Orillas". This short film whose finalization is planned for 2026, is produced by around midnight.
Synopsis: "Two lonely walkers meet at dawn in a deserted city. They don't know each other, But from their meeting are born a bond, Intimacy and something changes. The city is no longer the same. »»
Thank you again for this great Annecian week and see you next year with new beautiful projects!
