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June 8 to 14, 2025

QUÉBEC AT ANNECY INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL AND ITS MARKET (MIFA)

Québec créatif Pavilion at Mifa (June 10 to 13, 2025)

SODEC’s Québec créatif umbrella hosts nearly 40 Québec companies and over 70 industry professionnals.

Stand number: D.08

Activities organized by SODEC

Networking dinner with international buyers

A networking dinner organized by SODEC will bring together six Québec producers with six international buyers:

International buyers

  • NRH (Norway)
  • RTVE (Spain)
  • Sky Kids (United-Kingdom)
  • TFF Animation (China)
  • WarnerBros Discovery EMEA (France)
  • ZDF Studios (Germany)
Co-production meetings – Animation

The Déjeuner de coproduction francophone – animation, organized by SODEC in collaboration with Film Fund Luxembourg, Wallonie Bruxelles Images et Swiss Films, will take place at the Québec créatif Pavilion and will bring together 20 producers looking for partners for their projects in development.

 


Québec productions selected at the Festival

Official Selection – Competition

    CATEGORY: FEATURE FILMS – OFFICIAL    

Allah Is Not Obliged

Photo du film Allah n'est pas obligé

Scenario: Karine Winczura, Zaven Najjar
Direction: Zaven Najjar
Coproduction: Yzanakio Production (Québec), Special Touch Studios (France), Creative Touch Studios (France), Paul Thiltges Distribution (Luxembourg), Lunanime BVBA (Belgium), Need Productions (Belgium)

> Details

 

    CATEGORY: FEATURE FILMS – OFFICIAL    

Death Does Not Exist

Photo du film La mort n'existe pas

Scenario and direction: Félix Dufour-Laperrière
Coproduction: Embuscade Films (Québec), Miyu Productions (France)

> Details

 

    CATEGORY: FEATURE FILMS – CONTRECHAMP    

Space Cadet

Photo de l'oeuvre Space Cadet

Scenario: Mylène Chollet
Direction: Kid Koala (Eric San)
Production: Les Films Outsiders inc.

> Details

 

    CATEGORY: SHORT FILMS – OFFICIAL    

Bread Will Walk

Photo du court métrage Bread Will Walk

Scenario and direction: Alex Boya
Production: NFB

> Details

 

    CATEGORY: SHORT FILMS – OFFICIAL    

The Girl Who Cried Pearls

Photo du court métrage La jeune fille qui pleurait des perles

Scenario: Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski, Isabelle Mandalian
Direction: Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski
Production: NFB

> Details

 

    CATEGORY: SHORT FILMS – PERSPECTIVES    

Ibuka, Justice

Photo du film Ibuka, Justice

Scenario and direction: Justice Rutikara
Production: Yzanakio Production

> Details

 

    CATEGORY: SHORT FILMS –  YOUNG AUDIENCES    

The Great Annual Party of the Creatures of the Moon

Photo du court métrage Le Grand Party annuel des créatures de la Lune

Scenario, direction and production: Francis Desharnais

> Details

 

    CATEGORY: SHORT FILMS – COMMISSIONED FILMS    

CNESST « Hanging by a Thread »

Photo du film de commande CNESST "Qu'à un fil"

Direction: Dale Hayward, Pierre Dalpé
Production: 
Rodeo FX, See Creature Productions

> Details

 

    CATEGORY: SHORT FILMS – COMMISSIONED FILMS    

South of Midnight

Photo du film de commande South of Midnight

Direction: Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski
Production: 
Compulsion Games

> Details

    CATEGORY: SHORT FILMS – COMMISSIONED FILMS    

Trailer: 22nd Sommets du cinéma d’animation de Montréal

Photo de la Bande-annonce : Les 22es Sommets du cinéma d'animation de Montréal

Direction: Daniel Gies
Production: 
Cinémathèque québécoise, E.D. Films

> Details

Official Selection – Out of competition

    CATEGORY: OPEN-AIR SCREENINGS    

Hola Frida

Photo du film Hola Frida

 

Scenario: Anne Bryan, Sophie Faucher, Émilie Gabrielle, André Kadi
Direction: Karine Vézina, André Kadi
Coproduction: Tobo Media (Québec), Du coup Animation(Québec), Haut et Court Distribution (France)

> Find out more about the Open-air Screenings

 


Other Québec presences in activities organized as part of Mifa

Mifa Pitches
Feature Films

Foldara

Photo du projet de long métrage Foldara

Direction: Danna Galeano
Coproduction: Gasolina Studios (Québec), Clematic (Colombia), Dream in Motion Studio (Mexico)

> Details

> Find out more about Mifa Pitches

Mifa Pitches
Immersive Experiences

Les peurs philosophiques

Photo du projet d'expériences immersives L'écho des voix perdues

Direction: Francis Gélinas
Production: Couleur.tv

> Details

> Find out more about Mifa Pitches

Student Pitch

Caught in the Crosshatch, written and directed by Valeria Krumdieck Leon (NAD-UQAC), is one of the 8 projects selected.

The Student Pitch will take place on June 10, 2025, from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the Mifa Campus, followed by a convivial reception.

> Find out more about the Student Pitch

 

XR&Games – Competition

Clash Royale ­– Barboltian

Photo de l'oeuvre XR Clash Royale - Barboltian

Direction: Matt Desjardins
Coproduction: Squeeze Animation Studios (Québec), Supercell (Finland), Uncommon Creative Studio Stockholm (Sweden)

> Details

> Find out more about the Video Game Cinematic Works & Game Trailers Competition

Studio Focus

Rodeo FX Conference

June 13, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., Salle de la Volière – Parc de l’Impérial Palace

Rodeo Fx, which recently acquired Mikros Animation, will explain how it nurtures the next generation of talent and embraces technology to bring bold, new stories to life.

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Meet thePublishers

Three Québec publishing companies (Front FroidÉditions Fonfon and Éditions les 400 coups) will be present at Mifa and Lyon BD with the support of SODEC.

They will have the opportunity to present their catalogs to a variety of international producers, with a view to exploring the possibilities of adapting their works for film in animation.

> Find out more about Meet the… events