This year the SPARK ANIMATION FESTIVAL Spotlight Series is proud to celebrate the varied animation talent from France. This collection of 16 shorts features both professional and student works and ranges from graduation projects from up-and-coming talents to commercials and shorts from established artists. (See the SPARK ANIMATION FESTIVAL website for a complete list of shorts in this program.)

THANK YOU to our SPARK 2017 sponsors:
Consulat Général de France à Vancouver
Creative BC
Tourism Vancouver
BRON
Capilano University
Bardel Entertainment Inc
Emily Carr University
Vancouver Film School
DLA Piper
DHX Media
Sony Pictures Imageworks
Campbell River Creative Industries Council
Canadian Media Producers Association - CMPA
Scalar Decisions
MetaPipe
IATSE
Drawn Together Vancouver
Women in Animation
ACM SIGGRAPH

See the SPARK FESTIVAL page for other films from France:

*MUNE: GUARDIAN OF THE MOON
Dir.: Alexandre Heboyan, Benoît Philippon (Director Q&A)
Saturday - October 28, 2:30 PM
Language: English (dubbed)

*BIG BAD FOX & OTHER TALES
Dir.: Benjamin Renner, Patrick Imbert
Saturday - October 28, 7:30 PM
Language: French (English subtitles)

*MUTAFUKAZ
Dir.: Shoujirou Nishimi, Guillaume Renard
Saturday - October 28, 9:30 PM
Country: Japan / France
Language: French (English subtitles)