The Annecy Worldwide Animation Movie Competition has unveiled the line-up for its 2024 version, working from June 9 to fifteen. (scroll down for full checklist of titles and occasions)
Highlights introduced on Thursday embrace Terry Gilliam as visitor of honor to obtain an Honorary Cristal and provides a masterclass. He joins beforehand introduced honorary visitor Wes Anderson.
The primary Competitors and the Contrechamps sections will showcase 23 new animated options.
Options in the principle competitors embrace Oscar-winning director Michel Hazanavicius’ first ever animated function The Most Treasured of Cargoes, which may also open the pageant.
The drama follows the destiny of child boy who’s thrown from an Auschwitz-bound practice by his French-Jewish father. The image will world premiere first in Competitors on the Cannes Movie Competition in Might.
Different Cannes movies in Annecy’s most important competitors embrace Un Sure Regard choice Movement by Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis and Ghost Cat Anzu by Japan’s Yoko Kuno, which is able to play in Administrators’ Fortnight.
In an indication of the energy of Japan’s inventive animation sector, three different titles from the territory are additionally within the working for the pageant’s Cristal for Greatest Movie: Shinnosuke Yakuwa’s Totto-Chan: The Little Lady on the Window, Yoshiyuki Momose’s The Imaginary and Naoko Yamada’s The Colours Inside.
Memoir Of A Snail
Arenamedia
Additional competitors highlights embrace Adam Elliot’s Memoir of a Snail, that includes Sarah Snook voicing the younger misfit protagonist.
Award-winning Swiss animation director Claude Barras may also compete with Savages, his first animated function since his Golden Globe, Bafta and Oscar-nominated 2016 movie My Life As a Zucchini.
Set in Borneo, on the sting of the tropical forest, the stop-motion animated function follows the emotional journey of a woman, her father and a rescued child orangutan.
The favored lakeside animation pageant welcomed 15,820 badge-holders from 102 territories in 2023, which represented a 19% improve on 2022.
It’s a must-attend occasion for established professionals, budding animators and college students for its providing of screenings, Work-in-Progress and Making Of Shows, Studio Previews and First Seems in addition to the market and recruitment honest.
As per Annecy custom, there will probably be a bunch of preview occasions for upcoming studio animations.
These embrace sneak previews of Transformers One and Despicable Me 4 in addition to first appears to be like at The Wild Robot, Inside Out 2 and Moana 2.
As beforehand introduced by the streamer, Netflix may also tease a bunch of upcoming animated originals together with the brand new untitled Wallace & Gromit movie and Zack Snyder’s collection Twilight of the Gods.
Full checklist of movies and preliminary checklist of preview occasions
Foremost Competitors
Ghost Cat Anzu by Yoko Kuno, Nobuhiro Yamashita
Produced by: Shin-Ei Animation Co., Ltd, Miyu Productions / Japan, France
Into the Wonderwoods (Dans la forêt sombre et mystérieuse) byVincent Paronnaud (Winshluss), Alexis Ducord
Produced by: Je Suis Bien Content material, Gao Shan Photos, ZEILT productions, Amopix, EV.L Prod, France 3 Cinéma / France, Luxembourg
Movement by Gints Zilbalodis
Produced by: Dream Effectively Studio, Take 5, Sacrebleu Productions / Latvia, Belgium, France
The Colours Inside (KIMINOIRO) by Naoko Yamada
Produced by: STORY inc., Science SARU Inc. / Japan
Totto-Chan: The Little Lady on the Window (Madogiwa no Totto-chan) by Shinnosuke Yakuwa
Produced by: Shin-Ei Animation Co., Ltd / Japan
Memoir of a Snail by Adam Elliot
Produced by: Arenamedia / Australia
Rock Backside by María Trénor
Produced by: Alba Sotorra, Jaibo Movies, GS Animation / Spain, Poland
Sauvages ! by Claude Barras
Produced by: Nadasdy Movie, Haut et Courtroom, Panique ! / Switzerland
A Boat within the Backyard (Slocum et moi)by Jean-François Laguionie
Produced by: JPL Movies, Melusine Productions/Studio 352 / France
The Imaginary by Yoshiyuki Momose
Produced by: Studio Ponoc Inc. / Japan
The Storm by Zhigang (Busifan) Yang
Produced by: CMC Photos / China
The Most Treasured of Cargoes by Michel Hazanavicius
Manufacturing: Ex Nihilo, Les Compagnons du Cinéma, Les Movies du Fleuve, StudioCanal / Belgium, France
Contrechamp
Sultana’s Dream (El sueño de la sultana)by Isabel Herguera
Produced by: Abano Producións S.L., Fabian&Fred GmbH / Spain
Gill by Jae-huun Ahn
Produced by: Studio Meditation With a Pencil / South Korea
The Lacking (Iti Mapukpukaw)by Carl Joseph Papa
Produced by: Mission 8 Initiatives / Philippines
Dwelling Giant by Kristina Dufkova
Produced by: Barletta Productions / Czech Republic
Black Butterflies (Mariposas negras) by David Baute
Produced by: Ikiru Movies, S.L., Tinglado Movie, Anangu Grup, Tunche Movies / Spain, Panama
Our Loopy Love by Nelson Botter Jr.
Produced by: Tortuga Studios / Brazil
Pelikan Blue by László Csáki
Produced by: Umbrella Collective / Hungary
Journey of Shadows (Reise der Schatten)by Yves Netzhammer
Produced by: Freihändel Filmproduktion GmbH, Liechti Filmproduktion GmbH / Switzerland
Sunburnt Unicorn by Nick Johnson
Produced by: 2448223 Alberta Ltd., New Machine Studios Inc., Squid Mind Studios Inc. / Canada
The Delivery of Kitaro: The Thriller of Gegege by Gō Koga
Produced by: Toei Animation Co., Ltd / Japan
The Glassworker by Usman Riaz
Produced by: Mano Animation Studios / Pakistan
Annecy Presents
Buffalo Children by Juan Galocha (Galo), Pedro Solís
Produced by: 4 CATS Photos / Spain
Detective Conan: The Million-Greenback Pentagram (Meitantei Conan : 100-man Greenback no Michishirube) by Nagaoka Chika
Produced by: TMS Leisure Europe / Japan
Diplodocus (Diplodok)by Wojtek Wawszczyk
Produced by: Human.movie / Poland
Extinction by Behnoud Nekooei
Produced by: Magic Image Movies / Malaysia
Fox and Hare Save the Forest by Mascha Halberstad
Produced by: Submarine Animation B.V. / Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium
Give It All (Ganbatte Ikimasshoi) by Yuhei Sakuragi
Produced by: MOE/REIRS / Japan
The Garfield Film by Mark Dindal
Produced by: DNEG Animation, Alcon Leisure / USA
Christmas Tales of Christmas Magic (Le Grand Noël des animaux) by Camille Alméras, Caroline Attia Larivière, Ceylan Beyoglu, Haruna Kishi, Natalia Chernysheva, Olesya Shchukina
Produced by: Les Valseurs / France, Germany
Out of the Nest by Arturo Hernandez
Produced by: T&B Media World Thailand co., Ltd. / Thailand, China
Sand Land by Toshihisa Yokoshima
Produced by: Bandai Namco Filmworks / Japan
The Sloth Lane by Tania Vincent, Ricard Cussó
Produced by: Like a Photon Artistic / Australia
The Worlds Divide by Denver Jackson
Produced by: Cloudrise Photos / Canada
Screening Occasions
June 9
Honorary Cristal to be offered to Terry Gilliam
Opening movie: The Most Treasured of Cargoes by Michel Hazanavicius
June 10
- Sneak preview of Transformers One directed byJosh Cooley. Produced by: Paramount Photos, Nickelodeon Animation Studio
June 11
- First look: The Wild Robotic directed by Chris Sanders
Produced by: DreamWorks Animation, Common Photos - First have a look at the Asterix and the Large Combat collection by Alain Chabat, in his presence. Produced by: Alain Goldman & TAT
June 12
- Subsequent on Netflix Animation
- First have a look at the Twilight of the Gods collection by Zack Snyder and Jay Oliva, of their presence. Produced by: Stone Quarry Animation, KRAKN Animation, Xilam
- Sneak preview screening of Ultraman: Rising directed by Shannon Tindle and John Aoshima . Produced by: Netflix Animation, Tsuburaya Productions co., Ltd., ILM – Industrial Gentle & Magic
June 13
- Panel on Transformers One
- Making of Ultraman: Rising / Netflix
- Masterclass by Wes Anderson
June 14
- First have a look at Inside Out 2 directed by Kelsey Mann. Produced by: Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Photos
- First have a look at Moana 2 directed by Dave Derrick Jr. et Jason Hand. Produced by: Walt Disney Animation Studios
- Sneak preview of Despicable Me 4 by Chris Renaud and Patrick Delage. Produced by: Illumination Leisure, Common Photos