{"id":730905,"date":"2026-06-28T11:23:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T11:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/730905\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T11:23:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T11:23:16","slug":"annecy-announces-colombia-as-2027-country-of-honor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/730905\/","title":{"rendered":"Annecy Announces Colombia as 2027 Country of Honor"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe most prominent animation festival in the world, Annecy, has named Colombia<\/a> as its Country of Honor next year, a significant nod to the South American nation\u2019s burgeoning animation industry.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe honor was awarded by the 66-year-old festival and its market, Mifa (March\u00e9 International du Film d\u2019Animation), long deemed the premier global gathering for animation creators, studios, buyers, distributors, platforms, investors and industry professionals.<\/p>\n

\n\tWith this recognition, announced as the seven-day event wrapped on June 27 with its prize ceremony, Colombia joins the ranks of Japan, Canada, Ireland, Spain, Mexico and Brazil, all previously recognized as countries of honor.<\/p>\n

\n\tAfter more than four decades of growth, Colombia now boasts more than 30 animation and digital content studios, producing a slew of internationally distributed series, feature films and short films. Bogot\u00e1 remains the main hub and is home to such studios as Team Toon Studio, Caballo Loco Studio, Dinamita Animaci\u00f3n, Piragna, Hierro Animaci\u00f3n, Lucy Animation Studio and Ikartoons Animation.<\/p>\n

\n\tReflecting on the announcement, Marcel Jean, artistic director of the Annecy Animation Festival<\/a> since 2012, said: \u201cOver the past decade, Colombian animation has gained remarkable momentum, both through the quality of its artistic output and its efforts to strengthen its international presence through co-productions and participation in major industry events.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tHe cited a visit to the Bogoshorts<\/a> festival in Colombia, where he \u201cwitnessed firsthand the enthusiasm driving a promising new generation of young talent working on ambitious short and feature film projects currently in production.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tRepresenting this new generation of talent is M\u00e1ria Cristina P\u00e9rez whose fourth short, the experimental drama \u201cOnce in a Body\u201d (\u201cUna vez en un cuerpo\u201d) competes at Annecy. This follows such notable shorts as \u201cThe Plastic Turtle\u201d (2019) and \u201cThe Bitch\u201d (2023), which screened at festivals worldwide.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cFor these reasons, a tribute to Colombian animation in 2027 is particularly timely\u2014an opportunity to celebrate this creative diversity and highlight the strength of a model that supports entrepreneurs across the moving-image sector,\u201d Jean added.<\/p>\n

\n\tColombia\u2019s participation as guest Country of Honor at Annecy is part of a broader international promotion strategy led by Proim\u00e1genes Colombia, which also serves as the Colombia Film Commission.<\/p>\n

\n\tClaudia Triana, executive director of Proim\u00e1genes Colombia, sees the recognition as \u201cthe result of decades of work by artists, producers, studios, institutions and industry associations that have helped build a strong, innovative sector with a global outlook.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThis invitation will allow us to showcase the diversity of Colombia\u2019s creative talent to the world, strengthen co-production opportunities and open new pathways for the international circulation of Colombian animated content. It is also an opportunity to inspire new generations of creators and demonstrate that Colombia can compete and collaborate at the highest level of the global animation industry,\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The most prominent animation festival in the world, Annecy, has named Colombia as its Country of Honor next…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":730906,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[309702,314790,27459,88,206,314791],"class_list":["post-730905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-annecy-animation-festival","tag-bogoshorts","tag-colombia","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-proimagenes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=730905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/730906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=730905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=730905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=730905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}