Jamie Lang June 20was always meant to be the day the 2020 Annecy International Animation Film Festival would hand out awards at an energetic, paper airplane-filled gala, making it one of the most important dates on the global animation calendar.While other aspects of the festival were changed dramatically by the fallout of the COVID-19 crisis, festival organizers felt it symbolically important to preserve that date.
To that end, 10 days ahead of the festival’s official June 30 close, prizes were awarded via a live-streamed video on the festival’s YouTube channel in a charming ceremony which allowed spectators to interact with and congratulate the winners as prizes were announced.
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