Catalan animation makes strong showing at Annecy Festival with 11 titles including Bruno Simões' "Pip" and Neruda chronicle
By
John Hopewell
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.
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· 3 pulledThe 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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