Ben Croll Conceived in 2019 and fielding its first call for projects at last year’s edition, Annecy’s Festival Residency program bore fruit this year, shepherding three projects to pitch sessions at the festival’s MIFA market.
They benefitted from nearly six months of professional mentorship and institutional support.“For some time, festival director Mickaël Marin and I wanted to turn Annecy into a creative outpost, a place where people could actually work on their projects as well,” MIFA head of projects Géraldine Baché tells Variety.“We reached out to filmmakers and producers to ask where we could offer the most help,” Baché continues.
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