Animation First 2019 was designed in partnership with the City of Bordeaux.

Special thanks to Alain Juppé, Mayor of Bordeaux; Fabien Robert, Deputy Mayor of Bordeaux in charge of Culture; Claire Andries-Roussennac, Director of Cultural Affairs City of Bordeaux; Lilian Saly, Deputy Director of Cultural Affairs for City of Bordeaux; and Ludovic Martinez, Chief of Staff of the Mayor of Bordeaux.

Lead support provided by Atari, Le Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée (CNC), and Pôle Image Magelis (Angoulême)

Support provided by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, JCDecaux, the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, Metrowine, the Office national du film du Canada (ONF), the Société des auteurs et compositeurs dramatiques (SACD), Ubisoft, and UniFrance

Mikhal Bak, David Beauvallet, Aurelie Belzanne, Eric Di Bernardo, Emilie Bessard, Francois Bonneau, Clément Calvet, Valérie Caron, Fabrice Carre, Yann Chopinet, Jean-Paul Commin, Frédéric Cros, Fabrice de la Rosa, Anta Diallo, Serge Elissalde, Audrey Evrard, Lionel Fages, Jeremie Fajner, Katerina Fojtova, Mathieu Fournet, Marine François, Jean Raymond Garcia, Amélie Garin-Davet, Brian Geldin, Guillaume Gemot, Christine Gendre, Isabelle Giordano, Julia Grenier, Luce Grosjean, Yvonne Grzenkowic, Nina Guralnick, Francois Heiser, Diane Hétu, Dominique Hoff, Christine Houard, Chance Huskey, Christophe Jankovic, Marcel Jean, Stéphane Kahn, Xavier Kawa-Topor, Irena Kovarova, Marleen Labijt, Laetitia De Langlade, Elisabeth Lasbugues, Linda Lauro-Lazin, Claudine Long, Thierry Lounas, Anne-Catherine Louvet, Adrien Maigne, Mickael Marin, Fabrice Marquat, Jim Martín, Nancy De Meritens, Laurent Million, Christina Moesker, Vianney Monge, Adeline Monzier, Ilan Nguyen, Shannon Olivas, Peter Patchen, Salvatore Petrosino, Astrid Pivot, Geoffroy Vincens Jérôme Ponset, Anne-Françoise Reynders, Melanie de Riberolles, Mathieu Roussennac, Ivan Rouveure, Annabel Sebag, Francois Serre, Alan Smithee, Diarah Spech, Louise de Stael, Philippe Sylvi, Christophe Vialle, Patrick Viegas, Emilie Voisin, Mathilde Walas, Léa Welcman, and Jade Wiseman