Michel Gondry to Receive Honorary Cristal at 2025 Annecy Animation Festival

The French filmmaker will be recognized for his innovative contributions to animation and music videos at the world’s largest animation festival this June.

• Michel Gondry, known for films like 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' and 'The Science of Sleep,' will be honored with the Honorary Cristal award at the 2025 Annecy International Animation Film Festival.
• This marks Gondry's first attendance at Annecy, despite his past work being recognized at the festival, including a 2013 award for his animated documentary 'Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?'.
• Annecy officials highlighted Gondry's role in bringing handcrafted animation techniques back into the mainstream, particularly through his use of stop-motion and other animation styles in music videos and films.
• The festival, taking place from June 8-14, 2025, will spotlight the intersection of animation and music videos, a field where Gondry has been a significant innovator with projects for Björk, Daft Punk, and The White Stripes.
• Gondry’s latest animated feature, 'Maya, Give Me a Title,' described as a stop-motion love letter to his daughter, will premiere internationally at the Berlin Film Festival next month.

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