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The Annecy 2011 daily coverage is presented by Erlend Dal Sakshaug.

Day 3 at the Annecy festival turned out to be quite interesting. I managed to pull my self through nearly 8 hours of shorts, presentations and documentaries. The highlight of the day was possibly seeing the world premier of the new Pixar Short: “La Luna”, presented by the director Enrico Casarosa. He was even joined by the good people at Disney, Blue Sky and Warner Animation.

Day 3 highlights:

CMCS3: Short films in competition 3:

1. Pl.ink!
   Anne Kristin Berge, Norway, 3m22s.
2. Captain Hu (Captaine Hu)
   Basil Vogt, Switzerland, 8m37s
3. Paths of Hate
   Damian Nenow, Poland, 10m30s
4. A morning Stroll
   Grant Orchard, Great Britain, 6m49s
5. The Shoemaker (O Sapateiro)
   David Doutel, Vasco Sa, Portugal, 12m
6. I want a sharp pair of sissors (Les Ciseaux Pointus)
   Laurent Faudrot, France, 3m
7. Sticky Ends (Croniques de la Poisse)
   Osman Cerfon, France, 6m17s
8. Junk
   Kirk Hendry, Great britain, 6m30s
9. Maska
   Quay Brothers, Poland, 23m35s

Presentation: Warner Animation in the 21st Century

Vise President of Creative Affairs at Warner Animation, Sam Register gave a talk on how to preserve the legacy of the greatest cast of animated characters in history and still make money.

Documentary: Industrial Light and Magic: Creating the Impossible

Leslie Iwerks’ latest documentary was made on commission from the TV-channel Starz. It is brief walkthrough of the worlds leading VFX-company, ILM, presented by a row of notable directors that has been involved in their making.

Origin: USA.
Length: 59m30s
Directed by Leslie Iwerks.

Presentation: Studio Shorts:

Blue Sky, Warner Animation and Disney Animation screened their latest shorts accompanied by a presentation. Pixar premiered their latest short: “La Luna” and Enrico Casarosa gave a long talk on his inspiration and how the short came to be.

1. The Ballad of Nessie
   Kevin Deters, Stevie Wermers-Skelton, Disney Animation.
2. Continental Crack Up
   Carlos Saldanha, Blue Sky
3. Coyote Falls
   Matthew O’Callaghan, Warner Animation
4. Fur of Flying
   Matthew O’Callaghan, Warner Animation
5. Rabid Rider
   Matthew O’Callaghan, Warner Animation
6. La Luna
   Enrico Casarosa, Pixar Animation

That’s it for today. See you all tomorrow, and remember to subscribe in iTunes!

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Festival season!

The Annecy 2011 daily coverage is presented by Erlend Dal Sakshaug.

It’s summer, it’s 2011 and it’s once again the annual Annecy festival in France. You may not be there, but the ACP-crew is. So again, we are your only “live” coverage source of the festival. We will be summing up the program every day, starting monday and ending  saturday, so make sure you sync that <insert gadget brandname here> at least once a day.

Day 1 highlights:

CMCS1: Short films in competition 1:

1. Sudd (Out of erasers).
   Erik Rosenlund, Sweden/Denmark, 15m.
2. Birdboy
   Pedro Rivero, Alberto Vazques, Spain, 12m15s
3. Don’t Tell Santa You’re Jewish!
   Jody Kramer, Canada, 3m35s
4. Switez
   Kamil Polak, Poland/France/Canada/Switzerland/Denmark, 20m38s
5. Pixels
   Patrick Jean, France, 1m30s
6. Schlaf (Sleep)
   Claudius Gentinetta, Frank Braun, Switzerland, 4m10s
7. Metel (Snowstorm)
   Maria Mouat, Russia, 12m40s
8. Big Bang Big Boom
   Blu, Italy, 9m55s

Adventures in Plymptoons:

Alexia Anastasio’s documentary on Pill Plympton’s life and work is funny, informative, fast, full of action and maybe 20 minutes too long. Still, very enjoyable!

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