Each Of These Magnicent Cartoons Celebrates A Pioneering Woman Animator

Each twenty-four hour period of the Annecy International Festival of Animation opens with a short film made by students at Gobelins School of the figure . This year , each of those very brief and beautiful animated films paid tribute to a woman who had a significant impact on the art of animation .

Adrien Calle , Leïla Courtillon , Martin Hurmane , Nathan Otaño , and Jules Rigolle made their short about Alison de Vere , the energizer behind such works as The Black Dog and Psyche and Eros :

Alix Arrault , Jules Durand , Arina Korczynski , Margo Roquelaure , and Ines Scheiber concenter on Claire Parker , inventor of the Pinscreen , which here is portrayed with the help of some spiky Quaker :

Simon Anding , Elena Dupressoir , Lucas Durkheim , Paul Regnier , and Diane Tran - Duc pay tribute to Evelyn Lambart , animator and expert director with the National Film Board of Canada and a frequent partner in crime with Norman McLaren :

Hadrien Bonnet , Nicolas Capitaine , Charlène Chesnier , Céline Desoutter , and Samuel Klughertz animate Lotte Reiniger , the silhouette vivification pioneer who made The Adventures of Prince Achmed and The Magic Flute :

Michiru Baudet , Cécile Carre , Viviane Guimarães , Fanou Lefebvre , and Léni Marotte show off the wizardry of Mary Blair , the Walt Disney concept creative person who made films like Alice in Wonderland , Peter Pan , and Cinderella all the more memorable :

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