Annecy International Festival will open new perspectives for Armenian animation film

YEREVAN, JUNE 18, ARMENPRESS: The Armenian delegation has retuned from the Annecy International Animation Film Festivalheld June 4-9.Armenia was represented at the festival with retrospective showing of the animation films by Robert Sahakyants.

“The participation allowed the visitors to get aware of existence of the Armenian animation film, because many attributed the Armenian production to the soviet one,” Davit Sahakyants, Director of "Robert Sahakyants Production"animation studio, told Armenpress.

According to him, the Armenian delegation reached an agreement on participating in international festivals due in Amsterdam, Bologna, Moscow and Zagreb.

“Anahit” animation film especially raised a high interest, as no less than 200 people are usually involved in analogous big projects, whereas “Anahit” was produced thanks to a smaller group of specialists,” Mr Sahakyants said. He noted that one of the biggest Persian animation studios will, in all appearances, buy the right of showing “Anahit” in their country.

“Participation in a similar festival is already a great achievement for Armenia,” he stressed, adding that in 2013 Armenia will participate in the festival with 1 or 2 short-length films.

TheAnnecy International Animation Film Festival was created in 1960 and takes place at the beginning of June in the town of Annecy, France. Initially occurring every two years, the festival became annual in 1998. The festival is a competition between cartoon films of various techniques (animated drawings, cut out papers, modelling clay, etc.). Annecy International Animation Film Festivalis one of the most authoritative festivals of the world.