Cape Town studio scoops top prize at this year’s Annecy festival
IN A coup for SA’s growing animation industry a Cape Town studio won the top prize for TV production at this year’s Annecy International Animated Film Festival and Market.The Annecy festival is a premiere event on the international animation calendar, and South African productions won three prizes.Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa said on Twitter that, "This is an achievement we can all be proud of as South Africans, because Annecy’s Cristal Awards are considered the Oscars of animation"."This was Africa’s strongest showing at Annecy yet," said Stuart Forrest on Wednesday. Forrest is CEO of animation studio Triggerfish, which won the top TV production prize for Stick Man, an adaptation of the book by British children’s author Julia Donaldson and illustrator Axel Scheffler."In addition to Stick Man winning the TV category, our collaborator Clea Mallinson won the Animation du Monde pitching forum for her short Fairy Wheels," said Forrest. "South African Naomi van Niekerk’s powd...
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