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2025 Folimage artist-in-residence program
FOLIMAGE was founded in 1981 by the director and producer Jacques-Rémy Girerd, and since 2016 it has been headed by Reginald de Guillebon. Focusing on young audience animation films, FOLIMAGE, an animation studio based in Valence (South of France), is issuing every year a new call for projects :
The Artist-in-Residence program has been created to give directors from all around the world an opportunity to make a personal six-minute animation film, that combines comedy and humor aimed at 5 to 7 year-olds, all animation techniques accepted excluding 3D.
-Selection of the projects
The application files must be received by Folimage before May 31st of the current year. The projects will be sent to the committee made up of the partners' representatives. The final decision will be made in the next Fall.
Starting from the beginning of next year, the winner will move to FOLIMAGE studio (Valence) for 10 months to a year, and make his/her film with the studio provided facilities. After its TV broadcast on CANAL+ KIDS, the film will also be included into a national program distributed in theaters by GEBEKA FILMS and a regional program distributed by MÈCHE COURTE, offered to the INSTITUT FRANÇAIS agencies worldwide and will be published as a book for children by NATHAN.
-Requirements
Applicants must submit a project with a real author's point of view, develop original graphics and have already directed one or two short films (including films made in Art Schools).
This call for projects is shared broadly on our partner's websites, animation studios, international animation schools as well as on websites dedicated to illustration and/or animation cinema.
| Duration | Starting from the beginning of next year, the winner will move to FOLIMAGE studio (Valence) for 10 months to a year |
|---|---|
| Fields and Media | Movie and Pop Music, Other, Visual Art |
| How to Apply | Online application |
| Selection Procedure | The projects will be sent to the committee made up of the partners' representatives. The final decision will be made in the next Fall. |