News
Fondation Jean-Luc Lagardère prizes for 2012
31st Jan 2013
The Lagardère grant "Author of Animation" (30 000 EUR) was given to Hefang Wei.
Applications for the 2013 grants open in the spring. Make a note of the date!
More info about the prizes (in French only)
CITIA to host the moving picture sector at the 'Papeteries' (paper factory) (74)
28th Jan 2013
Located in the future Les Passerelles Green Business Park in Cran-Gevrier (74), the Papeteries will bring together companies working in the moving picture industry (video game, animation, multimedia, video etc.) in 4,300 m2 of modular space designed to accommodate companies using the premises to set up their businesses, as a business incubator or a co-working space.
CITIA will be playing a major role in these paper factory premises and will host the business incubator and digital image sector. It will also co-ordinate the Observatory for the moving pictures and creative industries (in partnership with the Agence économique départementale and the Imaginove cluster).
Citia ECOmag 2 Publication
25th Jan 2013
Keep up with the animation industry in Haute-Savoie by reading the Citia ECOmag 2.
Check out the Think-Tank Imaginove workshops
22nd Jan 2013
These Think-Tank Imaginove workshops are organised in subjects including digital publishing, web documentaries, cross-media writing or sound design.
Make a note of the dates for the next workshops (Villeurbanne, 69):
- 24/01, 2:00-5:00 pm, a 3-hour workshop on the subject of "objects for communication/Internet of objects"
- 30/01, 3:00-7:00 pm, a 3-hour workshop on the subject of "sound in video games"
Take advantage of the funding initiative to make your productions using animation
11th Jan 2013
You have till 15/02 to present projects worthy of receiving production funding for digital audiovisual works using animation.
The initiative is allotted 225,000 Euros of funding per year. Each project is assessed by a committee of experts and the distribution of the funds is announced at the end of March.