Annecy Download #2
Fri, Jun 26th 2009, 10:42
Annecy thoughts part deux. Yes it's a couple of weeks now since we got back from Annecy (sadly!) but here's another update on what we did and who we met!
Who would have thought it possible to meet so many people in such a short space of time? Largely thanks to the UK Trade and Industry stand being so well organised there was a high concentration of British creatives in one spot.
We met a bunch of folks including Sam McCarthy and Laura Seymour from Open Book, Tim Frost from Bull and Gate, Andy, John and Rowland from Tank Creative and the guys from GS (Grupa Smacznego). We also bumped into many other familiar faces over the three days we were there: Jamie from Karrot, Jo from Hit (who I almost didn't recognise without her floppy hat!), and producer geniuses Jackie Edwards (now of Cbeebies) and Helen Brunsdon (ex-Aardman). Greg even met Nick Park and had a brief chinwag.
On our first night we randomly chose the Captain Pub for a drink. We'd met Sarra, animation student from the Midlands, and Justa from GS in Poland (from the studio that animated Harry and Toto) and headed down there after the screening of Codswallop. Little did we realise that by some mojo magic we'd landed at the Brits favourite evening haunt. We returned to the Captain Pub the following evening and might just have had a little too much to imbibe.
We were also very fortunate to meet Tim Frost, a very talented illustrator, who had a wonderful children's pitch - World of Burt - printed out in the form of a kids' storybook. Check out his flickr account for lots of lovely illustrations.
Sam and Laura from Open Book run a film night called Paper Bag - you can find out more here.
