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Catalan animation makes strong showing at Annecy Festival with 11 titles including Bruno Simões' "Pip" and Neruda chronicle

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John Hopewell

4h ago· 9 min readenNews

Summary

The article covers Catalan animation titles screening at the Annecy Festival and MIFA market, highlighting three key works: Bruno Simões' "Pip" (YouTube's most-watched animated short with 540M views), "Winnipeg, Seeds of Hope" about Pablo Neruda, and Alice Eça Guimarães' "Because Today is Saturday" (Tallinn Grand Prix winner). It notes an 11-title Catalan presence at the event, showcasing the region's growing animation sector and co-production drive. Another Catalan title, "Monster Mia," is also mentioned with pre-sales for Sola Media.

Source

VarietyCatalan animation makes strong showing at Annecy Festival with 11 titles including Bruno Simões' "Pip" and Neruda chroniclevariety.com

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The next from Bruno Simões, whose 'Pip,' when released, became YouTube's all time most-watched animation short with 540 million views.
'Winnipeg, Seeds of Hope,' a chronicle of Nobel Prize winner Pablo Neruda's finest achievement.
All three Catalan animation titles play at Annecy this year, in an 11-title spread, counting both the festival and MIFA, which captures the rich range, talent and spirited co-production drive of Catalonia's still fast-growing animation sector.
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And another Catalan title at Annecy: Monster high-school romp Monster Mia, striking pre-sales for Sola Media.

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