MADRID — June’s Annecy Festival, the world’s highest-profile animation event, has shared first details of its 2020 online edition and confirmed that Hollywood studios and major streaming platforms will continue to have a presence at this year’s totally online event.
Even before France’s COVID-19 lockdown, “we were getting strong support from the studios and platforms,” said Mickaël Marin, CEO of Citia, the Haute Savoie creative industry body with oversight of both the festival and market. “Next June, we will keep what you’ve seen in the recent years at Annecy: Platforms and studios participating, in different ways, in our online event,” he added.
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