Cannes Film Festival 2025: The economic crisis of animated cinema is a deceptive illusion

Stéphane Dreyfus , in Cannes (Alpes-Maritimes)
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Momoko Seto's Planets , a Franco-Belgian film, uses computer-generated images to retrace the quest for survival of four dandelion achenes that survived a series of nuclear explosions. It closes the Cannes Film Festival's Critics' Week on May 21. Gebeka Films/Miyu Productions, Ecce Films
While Momoko Seto's animated film Planets has the honor of closing Critics' Week at the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday, May 21, the industry is in the midst of an economic crisis. At the beginning of the festival, industry professionals called for the organization of a conference for animated films.
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