Que viva Mexico! The 2023 edition of the Annecy Festival will take on the colors of Mexico. While paying tribute to local entertainment, several prestigious guests will attend the Venice of the Alps to participate in panels and meet the public.
This is especially true for filmmaker Guillermo del Toro (this year’s Oscar winner for Best Animated Feature for his Pinocchio), as well as his compatriots Jorge R. In the case of Gutierrez and Sofia Alexander.
The biggest American studios are also in Annecy to present their new productions. Noteworthy is Netflix showing the highly anticipated Nimona, but also Disney airing the new Pixar Elementary and the first images of Wish among the celebrations organized for the studio’s centennial.
Fans of the Lord of the Rings universe will discover the first images of the animated film War of the Rohirrim this year, while fans of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will discover a new feature film for the franchise.
While Japanese animation will be proudly represented with two films in competition (The Lonely Castle in the Mirror and Tunnel to Summer) and many previews, French creators will also be honored.
Festival goers will thus have the pleasure of discovering in the opening film this Sunday, June 10, Sirocco and the Kingdom of Airstream, but also Mars Express, Linda Wants Chicken! and Les Inséparables, as well as the first pictures Migrations.
Which film will receive the Crystal for Best Feature Film on Saturday, June 17, which was awarded last year to Patti Nicolas: What Are We Waiting For?
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)
Indivisible 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
Movie Opening: Sirocco and the Kingdom of Drafts by Benoit Quay, 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
elementary Directed by Peter Sohn and produced by Dennis Ramey
Kaina of the Great Snow Sea: Star Sage Hiroaki Ando
NimonaDirected by Troy Quane and Nick Bruno (Netflix)
Detective Conan: Black Submarine by Yuzuru Tachikawa
The Blue Giant by Yuzuru Tachikawa
Takehiko Inoue’s first slam dunk
Special programming: Viva Mexico!
A tribute to Mexican animation, especially in the presence Guillermo del Toro and Jorge R. GutierrezOr Barry Purves.
But also…
Short film The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story
Working copy of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Teenage Years
First pictures The Lord of the Rings: War of the RohirrimDirected 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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