Variety notes that the six-day Annecy International Animated Film Festival will world premiere two new shorts, Pixar’s Presto, directed by Doug Sweetland, as well as Disney’s Glago’s Guest, helmed by Bolt co-director Chris Williams. Bibo Bergeron will also present his anticipated A Monster in Paris, the key animation project at Luc Besson’s EuropaCorp outside its Arthur trilogy, at fest’s Work in Progress initiative. Also in Work in Progress, director Jerome Deschamps will talk an audience through MK2’s big animation bet, The True Story of Puss ‘n Boots. Albert Pareira Lazaro and Emmanuel Klotz will screen a brief extract of comedy Les Lascars, a bigscreen adaptation of the hit Canal Plus TV series. Premieres section includes Belgian Ben Stassen’s Berlinale sales hit Fly Me to the Moon, an early Euro 3-D film, and the world premiere of Jacques-Remy Girerd’s Mia et le Migou, the latest toon feature from France’s Folimages Studios.
Exciting new projects to get their first look at Annecy this week