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Jun 20, 2022Liked by Animation Obsessive Staff

Wow, Annecy sounds amazing and must attend. The Storm Whale trilogy animation style is bonkers! It looks like a children's book that came alive. Stoked to learn about so many low-key animated shorts in this article. Mahalo nui -Dar

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There's a lot of exciting stuff happening even just in Europe -- projects like Storm Whale (and The Tiger Who Came to Tea before it) are really pushing the boundaries of style. Then you add in the great projects from places like Mexico (where the Ambriz brothers are doing incredible things with stop-motion), and it's just invigorating. Animation is still breaking new ground, and it's awesome to watch.

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Jun 20, 2022Liked by Animation Obsessive Staff

Decades ago I used to attend the International Tournée of Animation. Year after year. At the time it was amazing. Do you folks have any records of that organization? I remember The Man Who Planted Trees, Primiti Too Taa, Bead Game, and others. It would be so cool to see at the very least playlists of these yearly Tournées.

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Hey Charles! That's actually one we don't know about, but it sounds fascinating. Will have to look into it further -- thank you!

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Jun 20, 2022Liked by Animation Obsessive Staff

You need some older folks on your staff too! ;-)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Tournée_of_Animation

Cheers!

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