At the Annecy Festival, directors are looking for ways to green the production of animated films

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Filming of the animated film " No Dogs Allowed" will begin in 2022. The film crews used recycled sets. Les Films du Tambour de soie
During the Annecy Festival, from Sunday, June 8 to Saturday, June 14, animation professionals are discussing the ecological footprint of productions. Now a prerequisite for obtaining funding, carbon footprints are seen as beneficial by some, and unnecessary and bureaucratic by others.
Lush vegetation and magnificent landscapes: this is the spectacle offered by the shores of Lake Annecy, as well as by some of the feature films at its animated film festival, such as Amélie and the Metaphysics of Tubes , a lively and bouncy adaptation of Amélie Nothomb's autobiographical novel. In the running for the prestigious Cristal for best animated feature film, was this coming-of-age story, celebrating the vitality of a child and the nature that surrounds her, designed with respect for the environment? The question deserves to be asked, at a time when the ecological transition is at the heart of debates between producers.
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