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Annecy’s MIFA Bets on Cross-IP, AI and Global Growth Amid Animation Financing Squeeze
The Annecy festival will continue to grow even as the wider animation sector contracts — a tension set to define this year’s Marché International du Film d’Animation (MIFA), which runs June 23-26. “What people call an animation crisis is, at root, a financing crisis,” says MIFA director Véronique Encrenaz. “When you look at how the […]
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According to Variety’s source item, Annecy’s MIFA Bets on Cross-IP, AI and Global Growth Amid Animation Financing Squeeze, The Annecy festival will continue to grow even as the wider animation sector contracts — a tension set to define this year’s Marché International du Film d’Animation (MIFA), which runs June 23-26. “What people call an animation crisis is, at root, a financing crisis,” says MIFA director Véronique Encrenaz. “When you look at how the […]
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