Disney Sets Annecy Lineup

Disney Branded Television has unveiled its plans for the Annecy International Film Festival, taking place June 9 to 15, with creatives from across Disney Television Animation and Disney Junior attending.

On June 11, the company will present “40 Years of Disney Television Animation: Past, Present and Future,” with a panel featuring the creatives behind Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Monsters at Work, The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder, Phineas and Ferb and Hamster & Gretel.

The panel will feature Meredith Roberts, executive VP of Disney Television Animation; Rob LaDuca, executive producer of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and the upcoming Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 2.0 (w.t.); Stevie Wermers-Skelton, supervising director of Monsters at Work; Kevin Deters, executive producer of Monsters at Work; Bruce W. Smith, creator and executive producer of The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder; Ralph Farquhar, executive producer of The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder; Dan Povenmire, co-creator and executive producer of Phineas and Ferb and Hamster & Gretel; and Jeff “Swampy” Marsh, co-creator and executive producer of Phineas and Ferb.

A second panel session titled “Storytelling Through Music” will take place on June 13. Moderated by Jay Stutler, senior VP for music at Disney Television Animation, it will include Lynne Southerland, executive producer of Disney Jr.’s Ariel; Kay Hanley, executive producer and songwriter for Kindergarten: The Musical; Aliki Theofilopoulos, executive producer of ZOMBIES: The Re-Animated Series; Nic Small, creator, executive producer and songwriter for Kiff; and Chris Houghton, creator and executive producer of Big City Greens. They will discuss how music sparks happiness and joy in kids and family content.

A Work in Progress session on June 12 will give an exclusive first look at The Doomies, an original spooky comedy created and produced in France by Xilam Animation Studio for Disney Branded Television. It will be introduced by Orion Ross, VP of international animation at Disney Branded Television, and Marc du Pontavice, series producer and CEO of Xilam. The panel will feature Andrès Fernandez, series director and co-creator; Henry Gifford, writer and co-creator; Lucie Arnissole, animation director; Caterina Gonnelli-Linden, chief content officer at Xilam; and Calvin Dyson, executive producer for The Walt Disney Company EMEA.

Also, open-air screening of Big City Greens the Movie: Spacecation, based on the Disney Channel series Big City Greens, will take place on June 14 at Le Pâquier.