Animation Delegations Selected For ‘Stories x Women’ Global Diversity Program

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The International Federation of Film Producers’ Associations (FIAPF) and Women in Animation (WIA) have set the six delegations selected for Stories x Women, a program aimed at increasing global diversity of voices in animation.Stories x Women’s concrete goal is to support access to international opportunities for women animators from emerging national film and audio-visual animation communities of Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America who want to tell their authentic stories.The creatives were chosen from a competitive pool of candidates and will benefit from a series of mentoring sessions led by animation experts.

They will also receive one-on-one coaching sessions that will prepare them to pitch their projects at the upcoming 2022 Annecy International Animation Film Festival and Market.The selected delegations are (listed in alphabetical order by country):This first call of Stories x Women was open to up to two team members, which had to include at least one woman leading the project (i.e.

producer, director or screenwriter).“As the global voice for producers worldwide, FIAPF promotes all forms of film genres, including animation and its universal language,” said FIAPF President Luis Alberto Scalella. “With Stories x Women, we want to support the work of women animators from regions that are less visible in the international market.

FIAPF has been working on diversity and gender equality for more than a decade, launching Stories x Women is an extra step in our collective action.