Annecy 2009 – what a fest!

June 15th, 2009 festivals, markets

Just returned from Annecy on saturday, where I had a real blast! For the first time I arrived already monday at noon, instead of my usual tuesday evening, so I had the time to watch more films than usual. And boy, there were some good ones! Among my favourites were Brendan and the Secret of Kells (I’d describe it as Spirited Away with a celtic feel) and the Log Jam series, both of which happened to win prizes as well.

The business side was good as well, there was a lot of action at the MIFA animation market despite of all recession talk in the months before. I had some great meetings and many projects took bigger or smaller steps. One of the highlights of every MIFA is the Finnish Picnic organised by our Finnanimation initiative. Here’s some shots from the action:

(Photo of me & finnish liquorice vodka by Claire Tenant)

All in all it was a great trip, business wise as well as fun. See you in France next year!