Xilam Animation’s Olivier Jean Marie directed this new teaser for the upcoming Annecy International Animated Film Festival, which starts on June 7th. It features characters from Oggy and the Cockroaches, the popular French animated series created by Jean-Yves Raimbaud.

Éléa Gobbé-Mévellec’s 2008 film Escale is finally available online, after being selected in 2009 for the Annecy International Animation Film Festival. The painterly 2D animated short follows a lovelorn sailor and his passion for a port-of-call prostitute. The film was produced by Nostromo.

Orange is as good a color as any, but if it’s the only hue allowed – then I’d expect a revolt. And that’s the topic of Jean-Christophe Lie’s 10-minute, traditionally-animated 2D film L’homme à la Gordini (The Man in the Blue Gordini), about a masked rebel driving a blue Gordini car in revolt of the totalitarian color ban. It was an official selection at Annecy this year, where it picked up the Jean-Luc Xiberras award for a first film, and below you can see a :30 second segment from this Prima Linea Productions short.

Berlin-based Edmont Mayer’s 8-minute CG film Red Rabbit screened at Annecy 09, but thanks to the ol’ interweb you can watch it right here. Mayer’s story centers on a man living in a small apartment with a very, very large pet. Make sure you stick around for the reveal at 7:00.

Stop-motion ruled the day at the 33nd Annecy Animated Film Festival. Coraline and Mary and Max split the Best Feature award, while the traditionally-animated Brendan and the Secret of Kells grabbed the Audience Award. I enjoyed the promotional animations for the festival – in particular this Sponsor Trailer, which features the central character from Studio Hari’s CG TV series La Chouette (The Owl).