The Bubby Bear Show, a short film by Bien Vongpatanasin ’23, Computer Animation, has been named an official selection for the prestigious 2024 , June 9-15, in Annecy, France. Founded more than 60 years ago, the festival annually draws upwards of 3,000 submissions from more than 100 countries.
Created during Vongpatanasin’s senior year at ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ College of Art and Design, The Bubby Bear Show is the darkly funny depiction of a children’s program alphabet lesson gone terrifyingly wrong. The two-minute short was featured in the Best of ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ 2023 exhibition as Vongapatanasin’s thesis film.
The project earned Best Student Film at the 2023 Oniros Film Awards and an as well as special mentions at the 1World Comedy Film Festival and at Spark Animation 2023, among others. The Bubby Bear Show is among competing at Annecy.
The Annecy International Animation Film Festival took shape as an animation accompaniment to the Cannes Film Festival in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Annecy now issues nearly 16,000 badges for the weeklong event, and approximately 50,000 audience members attending open-air screenings. The festival is held in the picturesque Alpine region of southeastern France, 26 miles south of Geneva, Switzerland.
