1st Edition of Le Montreal International Animation Film Festival www.leMIAFF.com announces launch and partnership with TELETOON, Meridien Hotel, TOONBOOM, www.FilmFestivals.com Animation World Network (AWN.com), Rosalie, and more
Programming, sponsors, industry conferences, Montreal University and CEGEP participation were presented at Rosalie Restaurant, Tuesday March 31st, 11am
Montreal-based film producer, Laurie Gordon (producer of Ryan Larkin’s final film, Spare Change) and the ANIMAZE team are set to launch ANIMAZE/Le Montreal International Animation Film Festival (MIAFF). April 16 -19, 2015 at Concordia University
The festival will be Montreal’s first to be exclusively focused on animation in both cinema and technology. Ms. Gordon, together with sponsors TELETOON, Meridien Hotel, TOONBOOM, www.FilmFestivals.com, Rosalie, KMF COM, and key members of the MIAFF team, spoke with the media.
Some of the topics were: le MIAFF’s world-scale, world-class dimension - participants will come from as far afield as South Africa, Japan, Israel, Iran and Germany, Argentina, in addition to a strong Montreal-based contingent. Also to be presented are the industry conferences, and the MIAFF’s promotion of linkages between Montreal-based animators and related specialists, as well as this year’s international partners.
“Being a Montrealer, and a film producer, I envisaged le MIAFF! to celebrate animation in all its forms whether through film and technology, video games... all very strong industries in Montreal. Le MIAFF/ANIMAZE unites all of these sectors for great celebration in Montreal facilitating interplay among the various players and bringing together everyone engaged in animation in all its forms, while providing an opportunity to promote such a key sector of Montreal's economy and culture", said Ms. Gordon
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