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5 things to know about Christmas automatons

n the windows are mostly made in France! For nearly 30 years, the Michel Taillis - The Animate Factory workshop has been handcrafting and customizing animated characters for retailers. This company, located in Seine-Maritime, is one of the few in France to master this know-how. Every year, ...

03
Dec
2021

The Annecy International Animation Film Festival: an unmissable event

enes of films and discover their secrets of creation. Highlights of the festival The Annecy International Animation Film Festival is a competition of animated films that awards films in the following categories: feature films, short films, commissioned films (productions for television, advertising ...

08
June
2010

Nice Carnival 2022: our top 5 most beautiful floats

the king ride a giant red eagle and wear this symbol on his crown, but he holds an eagle with spread wings on his left arm and a nest containing small animated eaglets in his right hand. The most Niçois of the floats of the corso is without question that of the king of the carnival! 2- The ...

18
Feb
2022

French Riviera: where to see the most beautiful Christmas cribs?

p on Place Masséna and in the Jardin Albert Ier, this life-size nativity scene is set up every year on Place Rossetti in Vieux-Nice. No less than 17 animated automatons make up this Christmas crib, which recreates a traditional village of the region in the heart of the old town. It is one of ...

27
Dec
2022

Halloween: 3 tips for a successful movie night

e need to take into account the age of the audience: • If you are organizing this type of movie night for children, choose gently scary films and animated movies such as Hotel Transylvania, The Addams Family (in the animated version of 2019), Disney's Coco or the film Casper. • For youn ...

20
Oct
2023

The Mimosa Festival of Mandelieu La Napoule: the 2023 program

Napoule celebrates the renewal of the flowering by a great corso fleuri (on a different theme each year) including brass bands, folk groups and floats animated and decorated with mimosa. Shows and entertainment are organized in the city, as well as a lit corso and the election of the 'Queen of th ...

07
Feb
2008

Lourdes in France: 5 Things to Know About This Pilgrimage Site

tween Rue Saint-Pierre and the castle. • The Garnavie tower, which is the last remnant of the fortifications dating from the 14th century. • The Nativity Museum with its animated nativity scenes. • The Lourdes Museum recounting the history of the city from 1858 to the present day. • The Wax ...

05
July
2010

Christmas in New York: A Magical Journey

ew York during a spectacular parade that kicks off the Christmas shopping season. Throughout the month of December, New York is adorned with lights, animated window displays, Christmas trees, and Santas on every street corner... What are the must-visit places for celebrations? The most quintessenti ...

13
Dec
2010

Le Mans: 5 Good Reasons to Visit the Capital of Sarthe

ted at the entrance to the Circuit des 24 Heures du Mans. It showcases 140 vehicles including motorcycles and racing cars, with 15 models that have won the famous race. Through animated models, videos, interactive games, and display cases, it recounts more than a century of automotive history. The ...

13
June
2011

Christmas in Provins: a medieval market and many other activities

uring the weekend on December 10 and 11, 2022. The highlight of this festive weekend is of course the 5th edition of the medieval Christmas market animated by troubadours, jugglers and magicians! Throughout these two days, demonstrating craftsmen will share their passion for the trades of the ...

12
Nov
2014

The Harvest Festival of Provins

ussion; artisanal discoveries and regional products; exhibitions of old machinery. In the afternoon, the grand parade of floats decorated with wheat, animated by 500 participants, will go through the streets of the Upper Town: a spectacle not to be missed! Proud of its rural traditions, Provins in ...

31
July
2015

Lux Salina: a sound and light show in Arc-et-Senans

r imaginary images: prestige, work, destruction, liberation, renewal, the future and the secret of the saltworks. Each picture combines very large animated images, light effects, music from the 18th century to today and a 'salt caravan' composed of 150 extras. Lux Salina retraces the historical p ...

04
July
2016

Jean-Claude Mourlevat: the first French author to win the Alma Prize

ns, 'What I love about stories, when they are successful, is their purity, their timelessness, their crafted nature. [...] They activate in us what has animated us since the depths of time: our great fears and our great hopes.' A prolific writer Born in Ambert in the Puy-de-Dôme in 1952, Jean-C ...

28
Sep
2021

Fashion: the Thierry Mugler Couturissime exhibition at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs

laborations in the fields of entertainment, music and cinema. The Couturissime exhibition is organized in several acts like an opera and mixes costumes, animated projections, photographs and music. Different atmospheres allow us to retrace the very diverse projects in which Thierry Mugler has ...

07
Dec
2021

Trentemoult : an old fishing village near Nantes

Indeed, the quays offer a string of bars and restaurants, where it's nice to have a bite to eat with a great view of the river. This area is also animated throughout the year by concerts, regattas, an organic market and flea markets. A leap into the past Did you know that Trentemoult is a ...

28
Feb
2022

Ascros : 5 good reasons to visit this village in the Alpes-Maritimes

During the Médiévales 2022, the village had the honor of receiving the visit of H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco. The village is usually very lively and animated in summer because of this medieval festival, but also during the patronal festival of Saint-Donat in early August. The village or ...

30
Aug
2022

Les Potagers de Julie : Julie Andrieu goes from the kitchen to the garden

ally, a chef from the region joins Julie and her hosts to deliver his personal vision of the product featured in the show, from seed to plate! An animated magazine with the complicity of Lola Périer In Les Potagers de Julie, Julie Andrieu is accompanied by the market gardener Lola Périer who i ...

22
Sep
2022

BookTok: 5 things to know about this literary phenomenon on TikTok

h some 90 billion hits, BookTok has become a global community of readers on TikTok and a real boon for the publishing world. 2- This community is animated by literary influencers From dance to cooking videos, you can find everything on TikTok, including influencers and influencers who share thei ...

06
Mar
2023

Notre-Dame de Paris: a free exhibition under the square of the cathedral

inspire vocations! It also includes 8 thematic islands explaining the main operations of the site in the light of relics, works of art, diagrams, animated films and short videos devoted to the trades involved in this titanic site. It is very moving to see the remains of the fire and the works ...

07
Mar
2023

The Universe of the Scrap Poet: an unusual stroll in Morbihan.

of scrap metal! As a true expert in recycling, he uses everything he can find, including pieces of metal or glass, to create unusual contraptions and animated sculptures. It seems that all he needs is a few nails and two or three gears to bring a character or fascinating machines to life, which he ...

09
Aug
2023