A planet destroyed, a powerful race reduced to nothing. After the devastation of Planet Vegeta, three Saiyans were scattered among the stars, destined for different fates. While two found a home on Earth, the third was raised with a burning desire for vengeance and developed an unbelievable power. And the time for revenge has come. … Dragon Ball Super: Broly – Beijing 2019
World Premiering at Cannes before appearing at the Annecy and Toronto International Film Festivals, This Magnificent Cake is a surreal new stop-motion anthology film. Through intimate stories of interconnected characters–many of which rotate in and around a mysterious, luxury hotel in late 19th Century colonial Africa—a greater story about European colonialism emerges. At times wickedly … This Magnificent Cake! : Beijing 2019
The latest film from award-winning Japanese director Mamoru Hosoda (Summer Wars, Wolf Children): When Kyuta, a young orphan living on the streets of Shibuya, stumbles into a fantastic world of beasts, he’s takin in by Kumatetsu, a gruff, rough-around-the-edges warrior beast who’s been searching for the perfect apprentice. Despite their constant bickering, Kyuta and Kumatetsu … The Boy and the Beast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDtPluE997c This gorgeous film from Brazil uses a mix of oil painting, line drawing, and computer animation to tell an imaginative children’s tale with potent political undertones. Tito loves helping his father with his inventions. But Tito’s mom, always a skeptic, worries that something will go terribly wrong. Their latest experiment is a machine that … Tito and the Birds: Beijing 2019
Hana was a student before she was a mother. She was bright and pretty, and her future held endless possibilities. Then she met a man, who turned out to be a wolf, and together they built a family. Hana loved her mate fiercely, but fate took him from her, leaving her alone with two unusual … Wolf Children: Beijing 2019
One of two animated features selected for the 2018 Cannes lineup, Another Day of Life is a daringly ambitious dive into the chaos of war, based on the book by the journalist Ryszard “Ricardo” Kapuscinski, one of the world’s most compelling chroniclers of conflict. Intercutting a graphically bold animation style with interviews and archival footage, … Another Day of Life: Beijing 2019
Kenji is your typical teenage misfit. He’s good at math, bad with girls, and spends most of his time hanging out in the all-powerful online community known as OZ. His second life is the only life he has – until the girl of his dreams, Natsuki, hijacks him for a starring role as a fake … Summer Wars
After waking up late, flunking her pop quiz, embarrassing herself on numerous occasions, and starting a fire in her home economics class, high school student Makoto Konno figures she’s just having one of those days. Just when she thinks she’s made it through, the brakes on her bike malfunction putting her on a collision course … The Girl Who Leapt Through Time: Beijing 2019
The latest from acclaimed director Mamoru Hosoda – whose The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Summer Wars, Wolf Children and Boy and the Beast are also playing the festival. Mirai is a daringly original story of love passed down through generations and brings together two of Hosoda’s most resonant themes: the importance of family and … Mirai: Beijing 2019
Event will feature world premiere of the 2D version of the film, followed by the making of the film and Q&A with filmmakers. This event is free to the public, but you must reserve seats to guarantee admission
Hue BR Goeblins, France, 2018, 1 min A game of stickball requires some creative solutions once an overzealous batter loses the playing ball Brooklyn Breeze d’Alex Budovsky, USA, 2017, 4 min A musical film and a visual journey through different parts of Brooklyn demonstrating some of the iconic spots and others not often seen by … Best of Annecy Shorts for Kids
Bom Dia Rio Goeblins, France, 2018, 1min In this special intro to the 2018 Annecy festival, we see snapshots of the everyday dramas, romances, trials and surprises within the daily life of Rio Weekends Trevor Jimenez, USA/Canada, 2017, 15:17 min A small boy now has two different homes, his mom’s and his dad’s but it … Best of Annecy Shorts
The world’s most renowned masterpieces are being swiped from museums around the world, paintings by Picasso, Van Gogh, Botticelli and more are being taken but it’s clear to all, especially Mike Kowalski, the detective on the case, that this is no ordinary thief. Ruben Brandt is a famous but reclusive psychotherapist and his compulsion to … Ruben Brandt, Collector
Mamoru Hosoda was born in 1967 in Toyama. After graduating from Kanazawa College of Art, he joined Toei Doga studio (now Toei Animation Co, Ltd) and began his career as an animator. In 1999, he directed his first 20 min. short film, Digimon Adventure, which was released in theaters. In 2000, he directed a forty-minute … Mamoru Hosoda
Introduction by Mamoru Hosoda The latest film from award-winning Japanese director Mamoru Hosoda (Summer Wars, Wolf Children): When Kyuta, a young orphan living on the streets of Shibuya, stumbles into a fantastic world of beasts, he’s takin in by Kumatetsu, a gruff, rough-around-the-edges warrior beast who’s been searching for the perfect apprentice. Despite their constant … The Boy and the Beast
Introduction by Mamoru Hosoda The latest film from award-winning Japanese director Mamoru Hosoda (Summer Wars, Wolf Children): When Kyuta, a young orphan living on the streets of Shibuya, stumbles into a fantastic world of beasts, he’s takin in by Kumatetsu, a gruff, rough-around-the-edges warrior beast who’s been searching for the perfect apprentice. Despite their constant … The Boy and the Beast
Q+A with Mamoru Hosoda
Hana was a student before she was a mother. She was bright and pretty, and her future held endless possibilities. Then she met a man, who turned out to be a wolf, and together they built a family. Hana loved her mate fiercely, but fate took him from her, leaving her alone with two unusual … Wolf Children
After waking up late, flunking her pop quiz, embarrassing herself on numerous occasions, and starting a fire in her home economics class, high school student Makoto Konno figures she’s just having one of those days. Just when she thinks she’s made it through, the brakes on her bike malfunction putting her on a collision course … The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Q+A with Mamoru Hosoda
Kenji is your typical teenage misfit. He’s good at math, bad with girls, and spends most of his time hanging out in the all-powerful online community known as OZ. His second life is the only life he has – until the girl of his dreams, Natsuki, hijacks him for a starring role as a fake … Summer Wars
Introduction by Mamoru Hosoda
Q+A with the Filmmakers In this new film, Ralph leaves behind the world of arcade games to venture into the limitless world of the Internet. Will the web survive his legendary talent as a demolisher? Accompanied by his friend Vanellope von Schweetz, he will have to embark on an adventure in the strange world of … Ralph Breaks the Internet
Q+A with the Filmmakers Get a sneak peak at new scenes of the eagerly anticipated sequel to the 2012 smash hit Wreck it Ralph, and an exclusive look at the making of the film. Hear from one of the creators herself, writer Pamela Ribon, as she takes you reveals how they brought the famously analog Ralph … Ralph Breaks the Internet: Behind the Scenes
Introduction and Q+A with directors Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner, Simon Wells and producers Sandra Rabins and Penney Finkleman Cox
Twenty years ago, for its inaugural production, the then fledgling DreamWorks Animation adapted arguably the most famous story in history. And the rest is history. Based on the Book of Exodus, The Prince of Egypt tells the story of Moses (Val Kilmer), adopted son of the Pharaoh, who upon learning his true identity, leads his … The Prince of Egypt
Since Yoru Sumino posted his novel online in 2014, it has spawned a manga adaptation, a hit live action film, and now an animated feature. It’s no wonder, because this heart-melting story will surely move you to tears. This is the tale of a burgeoning teenage romance between two high school classmates on opposite ends … I Want To Eat Your Pancreas
World Premiering at Cannes before appearing at the Annecy and Toronto International Film Festivals, This Magnificent Cake is a surreal new stop-motion anthology film. Through intimate stories of interconnected characters–many of which rotate in and around a mysterious, luxury hotel in late 19th Century colonial Africa—a greater story about European colonialism emerges. At times wickedly … This Magnificent Cake!
Q+A with director Marc James Roels The Burden will screen prior to This Magnificent Cake. Niki Lindroth von Bahr, Sweden, 2017, 13min In Swedish with English subtitles An animated musical with apocalyptic undertones. The story is divided into four episodes that takes place in a supermarket, a long term hotel, a call center and a hamburger … This Magnificent Cake!
Q+A with producer Yoshiaki Nishimura
Q+A with the Filmmakers Be the first to see exclusive extended footage from the upcoming animated Spidey movie! Key members of the creative team will show how the radical visual approach to the new film was developed, with artists striving to bring the graphic ink and pen look of comic books to state-of-the-art CGI using … Behind the Scenes: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Q+A with Filmmaker
This gorgeous film from Brazil uses a mix of oil painting, line drawing, and computer animation to tell an imaginative children’s tale with potent political undertones. Tito loves helping his father with his inventions. But Tito’s mom, always a skeptic, worries that something will go terribly wrong. Their latest experiment is a machine that can … Tito and the Birds
Q+A with director Juan Antin
Academy Award-nominated Didier Brunner, producer of Triplets of Belleville, The Secret of Kells, and Ernest & Celestine, brings us a richly textured children’s fable set in an Andean village at the edge of the vast Incan empire. Tepulpaï is a mischievous 10-year-old who dreams of becoming a shaman. As the villagers are gathering to make … Pachamama
One of two animated features selected for the 2018 Cannes lineup, Another Day of Life is a daringly ambitious dive into the chaos of war, based on the book by the journalist Ryszard “Ricardo” Kapuscinski, one of the world’s most compelling chroniclers of conflict. Intercutting a graphically bold animation style with interviews and archival footage, … Another Day of Life
It’s hard not to love this brightly colored, fantastical, sci-fi adventure, where any number of insanely cute penguins mysteriously begin to appear in a quiet suburban neighborhood. Aoyama is a brainy fourth-grader. Obsessed with experimentation, he is counting down the 4,000 days to his first Nobel prize. He also has a crush on young dental … Penguin Highway
Q+A with director Salvador Simó
In a stranger-than-fiction tale befitting the master surrealist filmmaker, Buñuel and the Labyrinth of the Turtles tells the true story of how Buñuel made his second movie. Paris, 1930. Salvador Dalí and Luis Buñuel are main figures of the Surrealist movement, but Buñuel is left penniless after a scandal surrounding his first film L’Age d’Or. … Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles
After losing her parents in a car accident, Okko goes to live in the countryside with her grandmother, who runs a traditional Japanese inn built on top of an ancient spring said to have healing waters. While she goes about her chores and prepares to become the inn’s next caretaker, Okko discovers there are ghosts … Okko’s Inn
Q+A with director Denis Do and producer Sebastien Onomo
Winner of the Cristal, the highest award at Annecy Animation Festival, Funan is a powerful and beautiful story of a young mother’s determination to hold on to her family during unspeakably trying times. During the Khmer Rouge madness of the 1970s in Phnom Penh, young Chou’s world is upended when the population is deported to … Funan
OPENING NIGHT FILM Q+A with director Mamoru Hosoda AIF 2018 opens with the latest from acclaimed director Mamoru Hosoda – whose The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Summer Wars, Wolf Children and Boy and the Beast are also playing the festival. Mirai is a daringly original story of love passed down through generations and brings … Mirai: Screening #1
OPENING NIGHT FILM Q+A w/director Mamoru Hosoda In Japanese with English Subtitles AIF 2018 opens with the latest from acclaimed director Mamoru Hosoda – whose The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Summer Wars, Wolf Children and Boy and the Beast are also playing the festival.
Q+A with director Nina Paley
Back in 2008 the brilliant and irrepressible Nina Paley blessed the world with her one-woman masterpiece Sita Sings the Blues, one of the most enjoyable and best-reviewed films of all time (if you haven’t seen it, download it for free now – like all her works Nina dedicated Sita to the public under a Creative … Seder-Masochism
Henry Selick is best known as the writer/director of the Oscar-nominated stop-motion animated feature Coraline, as well as the director of James and the Giant Peach and The Nightmare Before Christmas. While he has made films using hand-drawn, cut-out and C.G. animation and live-action, his favorite medium is stop-motion where he has collaborated with some … Henry Selick
Jennifer Yuh Nelson made her feature film directorial debut with Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011), which earned more than $665 million at the worldwide box-office. She continued on to direct the franchise’s successful follow-up Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016). Nelson has lent her talents to a variety of DreamWorks Animation pictures, including as head of … Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Golden Globe® winner and two-time Academy Award® nominee Dean DeBlois is best known for writing, directing, and executive producing 2010’s How To Train Your Dragon and its 2014 sequel. He is currently reprising those roles on How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019), the final installment of the trilogy and culmination of one … Dean DeBlois
Melissa Cobb is Vice President, Kids and Family at Netflix, the world’s leading internet entertainment service. Cobb leads the content team responsible for bringing kids and family titles, both live-action and animated, to Netflix members in 190 countries around the world. Prior to Netflix, Cobb was Chief Creative Officer for Oriental DreamWorks, where she oversaw … Melissa Cobb
Born and raised in New York, IndieWire Editor at Large Anne Thompson has been a contributor to the New York Times, Washington Post, The Observer, and Wired. She has served as film columnist at Variety and deputy editor of Variety.com. Anne was the Deputy Film Editor at The Hollywood Reporter, the West Coast Editor of Premiere, a Senior Writer at Entertainment Weekly, and West Coast Editor for Film Comment.
Carolyn Giardina is Tech Editor at The Hollywood Reporter and writes its Behind the Screen blog. In 2015, Carolyn was presented American Cinema Editors’ Robert Wise Award, which recognizes a journalist for contributions to film editing. She was the 2011 recipient of the International Cinematographers Guild’s Technicolor William A. Fraker Award for journalistic contributions to cinematography.
Peter Debruge is Variety’s Chief International Film Critic.
Mabel Tam is VP/Head Film Buyer of LANDMARK THEATRES. Landmark Theatres is the nation’s largest theatre chain dedicated to exhibiting and marketing independent film. A 16 year veteran of the entertainment industry, she is a graduate of UCLA and resides in LA with her family.
Jorge R. Gutiérrez is a painter, writer and director born in Mexico City and raised in Tijuana. Gutierrez has completed various films, cartoons, and paintings exploring his love of Mexican pop and folk culture.
An internationally respected critic and historian of animation.
Allison Abbate is an executive vice president at Warner Animation Group. Prior to assuming her post at WAG, Abbate was an executive producer on the global blockbuster The LEGO® Movie, and a producer on Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie and Corpse Bride, Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox, and Brad Bird’s Iron Giant.