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Festival Annecy 2020 - Are animated films too white?

Is the animation world too white? Anyone seeing the cheerful black figures on the Annecy animation festival poster would say no. But that poster image still refers to the focus the festival planned to give to animation films by African creators. Now that the festival has gone online, a decision has been made to defer this important feature to next year. Wise, because in a real festival setting it will undoubtedly do better justice.

That said, the vr...

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Leo Bankersen

Leo Bankersen has been writing about film since Chinatown and Night of the Living Dead. Reviewed as a freelance film journalist for the GPD for a long time. Is now, among other things, one of the regular contributors to De Filmkrant. Likes to break a lance for children's films, documentaries and films from non-Western countries. Other specialities: digital issues and film education.View Author posts

Is the animation world too white? Anyone seeing the cheerful black figures on the Annecy animation festival poster would say no. But that poster image still refers to the focus the festival planned to give to animation films by African creators. Now that the festival has gone online, a decision has been made to defer this important feature to next year. Wise, because in a real festival setting it will undoubtedly do better justice.

That said, the vr...

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