22nd animated film festival honors GOBELINS alumni

Organized by the AFCA (Association Française du Cinéma d'Animation) from October 11 to 31, 2023, La Fête du cinéma d'animation celebrates animated cinema in all its forms and helps promote films and their makers.

La Fête de l'animation takes place all over France and in the cultural network abroad, with a variety of events including screenings, previews, meetings and the Emile Reynaud prize, all designed to bring creators and audiences together.

The program for this 22nd edition features several alumni, including Eléa Gobbé-Mévellec, the festival's Guest of Honor, and Jérémie Perin, who is premiering his feature film Mars Express.

Each year, the filmography of an animation professional is the common thread running through the program. Eléa Gobbé-Mévellec, a 2006 graduate of the Concepteur et Réalisateur de Films d'Animation program, is the guest of honor at this 22nd edition.

Co-director with Zabou Breitman of "LesHirondelles de Kaboul" in 2019, she has also worked as an animator on numerous feature films, including several directed by GOBELINS alumni "Le Jour des corneilles", directed by Jean-Christophe Dessaint, whograduated from GOBELINS in 1998, "Avril et le monde truqué" directed by Christian Desmares(class of 1998) and Franck Ekinci, "Le Sommet des Dieux" by Patrick Imbert (class of 1999), she also worked as graphic designer on the "Lastman" series directed by Jérémie Périn (class of 2000).

She will be taking part in 11 screenings all over France.

Eléa Gobbé-Mévellec

The feature-length film by Jérémie Périn (class of 2000) was screened on the opening night of the festival, October 10, in the presence of the film crew.

Other meetings and screenings are planned throughout the event, as well as a master class. This will take place on October 19 at the Cité cinema in Angoulême.

Mars Express by Jérémie Périn

'"Au-revoir Jérôme" by Chloé Farr, Gabrielle Selnet and Adam Sillard

"A kind of will" by Stephen Vuillemin