Not a great Australian year at Annecy, except for… (drumroll) Santa’s Apprentice.
Cartoon Saloons’ co-production with French company Gaumont-Alphanim and Australian Avrill Stark Entertainment, ‘Santa’s Apprentice’ (L’Apprenti Père Noël) also won a special UNICEF award at the Animation festival. The Annecy UNICEF award is given to the animated programme which best highlights the goals of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Funded by the IFB, Flying Bark Productions, Orange Cinema Series, Centre National de la Cinematographie et de l’Image Animee, Departement de la Charente & de la Region Poitou-Charentes and MEDIA, ‘Santa’s Apprentice’ tells the story of a retiring Santa who must find a replacement and train him in.
