Zootopia 2, Elio, The Bad Guys 2 … The Annecy 2025 festival host the biggest animated films!

Now is the time at Annecy with the long -awaited return of the International Animation Film Festival. A 49th strong edition of exceptional events and ever more prestigious talents who came to celebrate the best of animation cinema in the world!

This year, the festival notably welcomes the director Michel Gondry as a guest of honor, but also Matt Groening, a famous creator of the Simpsons, for an exclusive round table centered on the cult series and its inheritance, which will both receive an honor crystal 2025 to greet their invaluable contribution to animation.

We also count on the presence of big names of Disney, like that of the Oscar -winning director Pete Doctor, to talk about the future of Pixar studios at a “spotlight” conference. The opportunity to discover the first minutes of their next feature films: Elio and Toy Story 5. An overview of the second part of Zootopia is expected in a special session, presented by Jared Bush.

The Nostalgic Arcane, will be able to console themselves thanks to an immersive and ephemeral exhibition. A recreational journey through the wonderful universe animated by Fortiche and Riot Games which promises to seduce all lovers of the series. Accessible as free entry, the lucky ones present on site will have the opportunity to discover exclusive artworks and the creative process.

In terms of projections, pretty nuggets from all over the world are planned, among which, the future winner of the feature film crystal which will succeed the moving Memoirs of an Adam Elliot snail awarded in 2024.

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While waiting to reward the winners, discover the official selection:

Competition feature – the official

• Allah is not obliged to Zaven Najjar (Belgium, Canada, France, Luxembourg)
• Amélie and the metaphysics of the hits of Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han (France)
• Arco de Ugo Bienvenu (France)
• Chao de Yasuhiro Aoki (Japan)
• Baku Kinoshita Housenka (Japan)
• Into the Mortal World by Zhong Ding (China)
• Death does not exist a Félix Dufour-Laperrière (Canada, France)
• Marcel and Mr. Pagnol de Sylvain Chomet (France, Luxembourg, Belgium)
• Olivia and the invisible earthquake of Irene Iborra Rizo (Spain, France, Belgium, Chile, Switzerland)
• Momoko Seto planets (France, Belgium)

Feature films in competition – Contrechamp

Previews and special sessions

• CSONGOR ÉS Tünde de Máli CSABA and Pálfi ZSOLT (Hungary)
• Fleak de Jens Moller, Mikko Pitkanen and Luca Bruno (Finland, France, Malaysia, Poland)
• Hopper and the secret of the marmot of Benjamin Mousquet (Belgium, France)
• Hyakuemu. from Kenji Iwaisama (Japan, United States)
• I am Frankelda from Rodolfo Ambriz and Arturo Ambriz (Mexico)
• Kaptein Sabeltann Og Grevinnen Av Grel of Yaprak Morali, Are Austnes and Rasmus A. Sivertsen (Norway)
• The Supers of Caroline Origer (Belgium, France, Luxembourg, United Kingdom)
• Little Caribou by Barry O'Donoghue (Ireland)
• Mary Anning by Marcel Barelli (Belgium, Switzerland)
• My grandfather is a nihonjin by Célia Catunda (Brazil)
• Stitch Head by Steve Hudson (Germany, Luxembourg)
• The Girl Who Stole Time of Ao Yu and Tienan Zhou (China)
• Thelma of the country of the ice of Reinis Kalnallis (Latvia, Luxembourg)
• All You Need is Kill by Kenichiro Akimoto (Japan)
• Another World by Tommy Kai Chung Ng (Hong Kong)
• At the heart of the darkness of Rogerio Nunes (Brazil, France)
• Mononoke The Movie: Chapter II – The Ashes of Kenji Nakamura and Kiyotaka Suzuki (Japan)
• Nightmare Bugs by Saku Sakamoto and Osamu Fukutani (Japan)

Hungary, in the spotlight!

This year, the festival highlights heritage films and contemporary productions of Hungarian animation with a program rich in feature films, making-off and exhibitions.

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The country will notably propose the rediscovery of several of its films:

Hungary will also be represented within the jury by the presence of György Ráduly, director of the film archives at the National Film Institute, and directors Nadja Andrasev and Réka Bucsi.

But also …

• The first images of Bad Guys 2, three years after his first opus, by DreamWorks Animation and Universal Pictures
• Netflix will reveal information about its future new features, and more particularly on the animated series Stranger Things: Tales from '85 and on its next animated film: in your dreams

• The broadcast of Andy Serkis's first animated film, Animal Farm, inspired by the classic eponymous novel by Georges Orwell
• A masterclass provided by Raphael Bob-Waksberg, creator of the emblematic series Bojack Horseman
• A tribute event to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Cartoon Network with the visionary creators who worked for the studio

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The selection and the full program are to be discovered on the website of the Annecy festival (from June 8 to 14).