2025 Residency winning projects: Father's Letters by Alexey EVTIGNEEV (Author/Director) and Dasha DOROFEEVA (Graphic Artist) / Kigali Night by Samuel LAJUS (Director/Co-screenwriter), Xavier COSTE (Artistic Director) and Romy COCCIA DI FERRO (Co-screenwriter) / Kolaval by Karla VELÁZQUEZ (Director/Co-creator) and Adrian SALDAÑA (Author/Co-creator)
First launched in 2020, the Annecy Festival Residency will hold its 5th edition in 2025, asserting its support for creation in general, and most importantly for the animation feature film industry.
Discover the new winning writers and their projects selected to join the 2025 Annecy Festival Residency.
With backing from the Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Département de la Haute-Savoie, Drac and the CNC, CITIA, organiser of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival and the Mifa, pledges its commitment to animation feature film writers by giving them privileged support, the time and a place to create, to network, to provide increased visibility, and to have project follow-up.
The Annecy Festival Residency provides a tailor-made offer to each of the selected projects, in an inspiring and stimulating ecosystem, as well as connecting with esteemed mentors in the animation sector.
From 4th April to 27th June 2025
Annecy Festival Residency 2025
9th June 2025
2026 Registration opens
12th September 2025
2026 Registration closes
November 2025
2026 Selection announcement
Spring 2026
2026 Annecy Festival Residency
A Word from the Selection Committee
"Obvious or coincidental?
The 3 projects selected this year all have one thing in common: they are all about personal, sensitive and moving stories that all reflect our modern society from a historical and cultural perspective.
The committee was particularly struck by the power of these proposals and their timeless, universal appeal. Their stories range from eyewitness accounts to awakenings, and are told in moving, poetic even magical ways!
Their diverse content and approaches will be great resources to challenge and stimulate each other's work. Therefore, the Residency seems an obvious pivotal moment in the life of these 3 projects!"
Here are a few key figures, the 2025 edition of the Annecy Festival Residency includes:
The committee had their work cut out for them, given the sheer diversity of proposals. They were unanimous about the projects that really stood out due to their impactful messages, the value of the residency in their development phase and the desire to see their animated storylines on the big screen one day.
For the 2025 edition, the selection committee was made up of animation industry professionals from various backgrounds, so they could provide a cross-disciplinary view on the projects: Aurel (Illustrator, Director), Vanessa Buttin-Labarthe (Producer, Les Astronautes), Amandine Fredon (Director), Stéphane Kazandjian (Screenwriter) and Valérie Yendt (Distributor, Gebeka Films).
Discover the three animation feature film projects selected to the 2025 Annecy Festival Residency.
Discover the writers of these future animated feature films who will be joining the Annecy Residency from April in 2025.
