Annecy ’26: Chaplin, Keaton, Lloyd… and the Minions?

🫧 Open on Bubbles by Cláudio Alves This year, I was lucky enough to attend the 50th edition of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival and Market. The festivities ended this past weekend, with Ervin Han and Raúl García’s The Violinist taking the prestigious Cristal prize for Best Film from the feature competition. Past winners include such titles as Arco, Memoir of a Snail , Flee , I Lost My Body , Coraline , and many other unforgettable pictures. But it wasn’t all fun and games and glory. While th