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Last days to apply for the international residency at the Royal Abbey of Fontevraud

25 February 2025 Professional news
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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 2025 and April 2026 sessions.

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 2025 session and the April 2026 session. Successful applications will be distributed 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, etc.

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 taking up residencies at Abbaye de Fontevraud 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, etc.).

You have until March 9, 2025 to fill in the online form.






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