Call for projects for the 2024 edition of "Parcours de femmes

As 2023 draws to a close, you'll be able to respond to the "Les Femmes s'animent" association's call for projects, or apply for the October session of the Abbaye de Fontevraud residency.

Les Femmes s'animent defends parity and equal rights and opportunities in the animation sector. The association's mission is to break down sexist stereotypes both in the studios and on the screens. To this end, in 2021 it launched the "Parcours de Femmes" mentoring program.

Aimed at French-speaking female artists from Africa, Europe or the French overseas territories, who are still students or already working and who do not already benefit from a network, the program offers support in the production ofa short animated film lasting a maximum of 10 minutes.

The aim of the program is to build up a collection of short films that take a personal, feminist look at the world.

Each project must be submitted by a pair of artists :a literary author and a graphic designer-director.

The 6 selected duos will receive support from the association Les Femmes s'animent and a team of mentors, enabling them to pitch their project at the 2024 Annecy festival.

The 12 participants will also benefit from 4 master classes and 5 days of coaching before preparing their pitch.

The 2024 edition invites candidates to share their perception of the world around them, talking about the past, present and future, under the theme "what I see".

To apply, you need to e-mail a summary of the film, a note of intent, graphic research and the CVs of the participants to the following address: lfa.prcoursdefemmes@gmail.com before January 12, 2024.

The roofs of Fontevraud Abbey © A Pilot, NEF Animation

Co-produced by NEF Animation andAbbaye de Fontevraud, with support from Région Pays de la Loire, DRAC des Pays de la Loire, CNC, SACD and the French Ministry of Culture's Odyssée program (ACCR), the residency program offers two sessions a year, in April and October.

Applications are now open for theOctober 2024 session.

Theone-month program is open to both French and foreign authors of animated films living in France, and foreign authors living abroad. Please note that for applicants of foreign nationality or living abroad, the call for applications concerns both the October 2024 session and the April 2025 session. Successful applicants will be allocated according to availability.

Applicants must have a project for a short, medium or feature-length animated film, or an animated film project in an innovative or hybrid format: art installation, virtual reality, transmedia, video-mapping, unit or TV series, animated documentary...

The program offers artists an inspiring and relaxing setting in which to bring their project to fruition, meet and exchange ideas. The residency mainly concerns the preliminary stages of the project : research, pre-development, scriptwriting, graphics or music.

Authors benefiting from the residency at Fontevraud Abbey are selected partly on the basis of applications received in response to the calls for applications posted on this site, and partly through partnerships (Pitch MIFA in Annecy, Prix Plans Animés in Angers, Grand Prix Aïcha in Meknes...).

You have until March 2, 2024 to fill in the online form. The admissions jury will meet in May.