Annecy Animation Fest Opens On Defiantly Positive Note After Knife Attack; Ceremony Features World Premiere Of Disney 100th Anniversary Short
deadline.comThe 47th edition of Annecy International Film Festival opened on a defiantly upbeat note on Sunday evening just three three days after its picturesque lakeside home was rocked by a violent knife attack. “Three days ago, Annecy’s joie de vivre was attacked.
I’m convinced that the best response to this drama is to live life even more to the full and more intensely,” Annecy major François Astorg told a packed Bonlieu auditorium. “With this conviction, I believe that art and culture celebrates life, questions it and allows us make it better,” he added, saying this year’s edition was an act of resistance.
The atmosphere in the auditorium was positive as the youthful audience kept up the festival tradition of firing paper planes at the stage, even as festival director Marcel Jean took to the stage to kick off the ceremony.
Thursday’s attack by a lone knifeman on four nursery age children and two adults, took place just metres from the festival hub on a large, lawned recreational area known as Le Pâquier, which is the site of the open-air screenings and other events throughout the year.
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