The Annecy International Animation Festival has released its 2023 selection, and what a selection it is! The Venice of the Alps will once again host a panel of extraordinary feature films from around the world, with its two sections: Official and Reverse.
But this new edition will also be an opportunity to preview some of the most anticipated films of the year – including the new Pixar Elementary and the highly anticipated Nimona, produced by Netflix.
The first images of the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, as well as the highly anticipated Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim, will also be revealed in this 2023 edition, organized from June 11th to 17th!
Feature films in competition – l’Official
College of Arts 1994 Liu Jian (China)
The Four Spirits of Coyote, Aron Gauder (Hungary)
The Kingdom of Kensuke by Neil Boyle and Kirk Hendry (UK, Luxembourg, France)
Mermaid by Sepide Farsi (Germany, Belgium, France, Luxembourg)
Linda wants chicken! By Chiara Malta and Sebastien Laudenbach (France, Italy)
The Lonely Castle in the Mirror Keiichi Hara (Japan)
Mars Express by Jeremy Perrin (France)
Sirocco and the Kingdom of Drafts Benoit Quiet (Belgium, France)
The Indivisibles (Indivisibles) by Jeremy DeGrusson (Belgium, Spain, France)
Leo (inventor) by Jim Capobianco and Pierre-Luc Grandjon (USA, France, Ireland)
Tunnel to Summer Farewell Tomohisa Taguchi (Japan)
Feature films in competition – Contrechamp
Adam is slowly changing by Joel Vaudreuil (Quebec, Canada)
Tender Heavies by Carlos Pérez-Reche and Joan Tomás (Spain)
John and Me – Time Travel with John Heartfield (John and Me – Eine Zeitreise mit John Heartfield) Kathryn Rothe (Germany, Austria, Switzerland)
Komada – Whiskey Family Masayuki Yoshihara (Japan)
Saint Grotto by Daniel Minlo and Cyril Masso (Cameroon)
Robot Dreams Pablo Berger (Spain, France)
The Little Rose Flower Fairy (Rosa and the Stone Troll) Karla Knorr Holmback (Denmark)
Salim Cynthia Madanat Sharayha (Jordan)
Slide by Bill Plimpton (USA)
Toldi by Marcel Jankovic and Lajos Cakovic (Hungary)
Tony, Shelley and the Magic Light by Philip Poshivac (Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia)
White Plastic Sky by Tibor Banochki and Sarolta Szabo (Hungary, Slovakia)
previews and special screenings
Opening of the movie: Sirocco and the Kingdom of Drafts by Benoît Quié, preceded by a new Walt Disney Pictures short
Ozzy, The Sound of the Forest, produced by Leonardo DiCaprio
Nina and the Secret of the Hedgehog by Alain Gagnoli and Jean-Loup Feliciol
The Canterville Ghost, directed by Kim Burdon
Primary directed by Peter Sohn and produced by Dennis Ramey
Kaina of the Great Snow Sea: Star Sage Hiroaki Ando
Nimona, directed by Troy Quane and Nick Bruno (Netflix)
Detective Conan: Black Submarine by Yuzuru Tachikawa
The Blue Giant by Yuzuru Tachikawa
Special programming: Viva Mexico!
A tribute to Mexican animation, especially Guillermo del Toro and Jorge R. In the presence of Gutierrez and Barry Purves.
But also…
Short film The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story
The first images from The Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim, directed by Kenji Kamiyama
Star Wars: Visions – Behind the Scenes “Cave of Screams”, “among the stars” and “The Dancer and the Spy”The production of the series and the presentation of three episodes, respectively, the studio Cartoon Saloon (Ireland), Punkrobot (Chile) and La Cachette (France).
First images of Fixed by Genndy Tartakovsky
The first migration pictures, directed by Benjamin Renner
The Rick and Morty Event: 10 Years of Intergalactic Adventure by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon
The first pictures of the anthology Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire, the filming and presentation of three films by their directors.
A panel dedicated to upcoming Netflix productions including Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget and Blue Eye Samurai
The first images of Walt Dorn and Tim Heitz’s Trolls 3 movie
The first images from Pixar Studios’ first original series, Win or Lose, will soon be available on Disney+.
The full program can be found on the website website Anesi Festival (from June 11 to 17).
Source: Allocine
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