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Every June, the lakeside town of Annecy becomes the heartbeat of global animation. Studios, artists, dreamers, and rabbits (the beloved unofficial Annecy mascots) descend on France for a week of talks, screenings, and the kind of conversations that make the animation industry so impossibly easy to love.
Join Autodesk at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival and Market in Annecy, France from June 21-27. Take part in sessions with animation professionals behind Academy Award®-winning films, hands-on workshops where you can create animated characters with AI tools you actually control, meetups under the sun, and more moments to take back home with you.
Demo sessions: the art of character animation with Inferstudio, Sony Pictures Imageworks and Pixar
Making Daughter of the Inner Stars with Flow Studio
Tue, June 23, 2:15 – 3:15 PM, Salle de L’Europe, Imperial Palace
Writer and Director, James Vinson, and Production Designer, Nathan Su, show how new technology and traditional craft can coexist beautifully. They cover how AI-powered tools in Autodesk Flow Studio helped transform live-action footage into editable 3D scenes, then refined by hand.
Registration begins Tuesday, June 16, 2026, at 9am ET.
Inside the character pipeline of Sony Pictures Imageworks
Tue, June 23, 3:45 – 4:45 PM, Salle de L’Europe, Imperial Palace
Sony Pictures Imageworks CTO, Mike Ford, pulls back the curtain on how Autodesk Maya powers the characters of Academy Award®-winning Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, KPop Demon Hunters, and more. Then Autodesk’s Director of Product Management, Lance Thornton, shows you what’s new in Maya.
Registration begins Tuesday, June 16, 2026, at 9am ET.
Character modeling at Pixar with Lou Hamou-Lhadj
Thu, June 24, 2:30 – 3:30 PM, Salle de L’Europe, Imperial Palace
Nearly 20 years at Pixar. Oscar-nominated short. Emmy-winning series. Lou Hamou-Lhadj, Short Film Director, brings that wealth of experience to a session on Pixar’s character modeling and sculpting process in Maya.
Registration begins Tuesday, June 16, 2026, at 9am ET.
Meetup: Make connections and explore Flow Studio
Creators Meetup
Wed, June 24, 6:00 – 8:00 PM, Novotel
Join us for a creators meetup, hosted in collaboration with our friends at Collective Moxie. Drinks, small bites, and conversation about animation. Come curious. Leave inspired. Space is limited.
Workshops: get hands on, walk away with a new skill
Build your dream animation project with Flow Studio
Wed, June 24, 2:00 – 3:00 PM, Salle 2, MIFA Campus
Autodesk’s Maksim Ljubenković walks you through the full Autodesk Flow Studio workflow, from generating 3D assets and animation-ready characters to turning live-action footage into editable CG scenes. Whether you’re making your first short or your next animated feature, explore how Flow Studio helps you move from idea to final scene with more creative freedom. No previous Flow Studio experience is required.
Registration begins Tuesday, June 16, 2026, at 9am ET.
Animate 3D characters in Maya with ARTFX
Wed, June 24, 3:30 – 5:00 PM, Salle 2, MIFA Campus
Never touched a 3D tool? No problem. Jérôme Duraud and Fred Vico from globally renowned creative school, ARTFX, take you from the Maya interface to posing a character to AI-powered animation with MotionMaker. Come with curiosity, leave with a new skill. No previous Maya experience is required.
Registration begins Tuesday, June 16, 2026, at 9am ET.
Talent panel: shaping an AI future we can all believe in
AI in Animation: Can We All Win?
Wed, June 24, 11:45 AM – 12:45 PM, Salle 1, MIFA Campus
AI is reshaping animation. From tools to rules to creative choices, who decides what “AI done right” looks like and how do we build a future where everyone wins?
Panelists to be announced.
Registration begins Tuesday, June 16, 2026, at 9am ET.
About Autodesk Flow Studio
Flow Studio is an AI-powered 3D toolset that turns the stories you imagine into the ones you make, removing friction from your animation workflow so creativity stays front and centre.