In-person Q&A with Creators/Writers/Exec Producers Michael Green & Amber Noizumi and Supervising Director, Jane Wu Animation Is Film is proud to present this exclusive WORLD PREMIERE of the first episode of Netflix’s hotly anticipated new series, Blue Eye Samurai. This provocative and visually stunning cinematic series immerses the viewer in a world of vivid adult … Blue Eye Samurai
Q&A with Director Guillermo del Toro! Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro reinvents Carlo Collodi’s classic tale of the wooden marionette who is magically brought to life in order to mend the heart of a grieving woodcarver named Geppetto. This whimsical stop-motion film directed by Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson follows the mischievous and … Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Q+A with Director Domee Shi and Producer Lindsey Collins Disney and Pixar’s “Turning Red” introduces Mei Lee (voice of Rosalie Chiang), a confident, dorky 13-year-old torn between staying her mother’s dutiful daughter and the chaos of adolescence. Her protective, if not slightly overbearing mother, Ming (voice of Sandra Oh), is never far from her daughter—an … Turning Red
Q&A with director Henry Selick, and Character Designer Pablo Lobato In the almost twenty years since his iconic feature film debut, Henry Selick (The Nightmare Before Christmas) has brought to the screen the perversely macabre worlds of Tim Burton, Roald Dahl, and Neil Gaiman. For his newest film – his first since 2009’s Coraline – … Wendell & Wild
Q&A with Director Inna Sahakyan At only 14 years old, Aurora lost everything during the horror of the Armenian genocide. Four years later, through luck and extraordinary courage, she escaped to New York, where her story became a media sensation. Starring as herself in Auction of Souls, an early Hollywood blockbuster, Aurora became the face … Aurora’s Sunrise
Animation Is Film is proud to present this Behind-the-scenes, making-of presentation of Walt Disney’s 61st animated feature STRANGE WORLD. Academy Award-winning producer Roy Conli (Tangled, Big Hero 6) takes you on this exclusive, one-of-a-kind journey. This one hour presentation and Q&A is a rare opportunity to see exclusive footage from the new film with commentary … Work-In-Progress: Strange World
Q&A with Creator/Director Dice Tsutsumi, and Producers Robert Kondo, Sara K. Sampson, Kane Lee, and Momona Tamada (“Onari”). Animation Is Film is immensely proud to present the theatrical World Premiere of the 4-episode series on Netflix Anime from the visionary team at Tonko House. In a world filled with the oddball gods and monsters of … Oni: Thunder God’s Tale
Animation Is Film is proud to present this Behind-the-scenes, Making of presentation of one of the most hotly anticipated films of the year – Dreamworks Animation’s PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH. This one hour presentation and Q&A – led by Director Joel Crawford and the filmmaking team – is a rare opportunity to see … Work-In-Progress: Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Q+A with Director Nora Twomey Co-founder of Ireland’s Cartoon Saloon, Oscar nominated Nora Twomey (The Breadwinner, AIF ’17) returns to Animation Is Film with this glorious adaptation of Ruth Stiles Gannett’s beloved children’s novel. After their family store is forced to close, Elmer (Jacob Tremblay) moves to the big city with his mother to start … My Father’s Dragon
Q&A with Director Alberto Vázquez The Bears, engaged in an ongoing war with the Unicorns who they believe stole their ancestral land, are sent deep into the Magic Forest in search of a platoon that never returned from a previous mission. Deep behind “enemy” lines, the divide between two brothers, Tubby and Bluey, is exacerbated … Unicorn Wars
Q&A with Director loundraw A local urban legend claims that lighting fireworks at an abandoned airfield will call the “summer ghost,” a spirit that can answer any question. Three troubled teenagers – Tomoya, Aoi, and Ryo – do not know each other yet, but each has their own reasons to show up one day. When … Summer Ghost
Q&A with Peggy Holmes (Director), David Eisenmann (Producer), and Kiel Murray (Screenwriter) – moderated by Academy Award® winner Rich Moore (“Zootopia”) From Apple Original Films and Skydance Animation comes the story of Sam Greenfield, the unluckiest person in the world! Suddenly finding herself in the never-before-seen Land of Luck, she must unite with the magical … Luck
Q&A with Director Mascha Halberstad Nine year old Babs lives a fairly content life in her idyllic Dutch town, but it’s turned a bit upside down when her wild-card American Grandfather shows up and camps out in the back of the family home. To Babs’s delight–and her vegetarian, cautious parents’s horror–he gives Babs a pet … Oink
Q&A with Director Kajsa Næss Italian airship engineer Umberto Nobile lives a peaceful life in Rome with his beloved rescue dog, Titina. Umberto’s peaceful life is uprooted when the famed Norwegian explorer, Roald Amundsen, befriends and hires him to make an airship capable of embarking on the dangerous journey to the North Pole. With trusty … Titina
NOTE: The Q&A with Perlimps’s director, Alê Abreu, has been cancelled due to a scheduling conflict. We apologize for the inconvenience. One of two films in this year’s lineup set in enchanted forests (the other being the tonally opposite UNICORN WARS), Alê Abreu’s colorful, hand-drawn panorama is among the most visually stunning films of … Perlimps
Be among the first to experience new footage from Frozen 2, the breathlessly anticipated sequel to the 2013 phenomenon Frozen. For your guide, Director and Academy Award® winner Chris Buck takes you on a journey out of Arendelle in pursuit of the origin of Elsa’s powers. Featuring behind-the-scenes insight and footage from from the upcoming film, this … Frozen 2: Behind the Scenes
SPECIAL SCREENING AND DISCUSSION WITH COLOROOM FOUNDER, YI QIAO
FREE TO THE PUBLIC! SPACE IS LIMITED! Academy Award nominated director Max Lang will be here in-person to introduce the film and answer your questions afterward!
MATTHEW A. CHERRY IN-PERSON! FREE TO THE PUBLIC! SPACE IS LIMITED!
Animation Is Film is proud to present this exclusive sneak peek at one of the most highly anticipated animated features of the year – Netflix’s KLAUS! Hear from filmmakers – director Sergio Pablos (live, via satellite) and Animation Supervisor Matt Williames (live, in-person) – about the production, and see never-before-seen footage of this groundbreaking new … Klaus: Behind the Scenes
INTRO & Q+A w/ DIRECTOR JÉRÉMY CLAPIN AND PRODUCER MARC DU PONTAVICE Los Angeles Premiere, presented in partnership with COLCOA French Film Festival The most celebrated animated film so far this year, Jérémy Clapin’s I Lost My Body claimed the Nespresso Grand Prize in Critics’ Week at Cannes as well as both the Cristal for … I Lost My Body
Weathering With You is the highly-anticipated new film from director Makoto Shinkai and producer Genki Kawamura, the creative team behind the critically-acclaimed, global smash hit Your Name. The summer of his high school freshman year, Hodaka runs away from his remote island home to Tokyo, and quickly finds himself pushed to his financial and personal … Weathering With You: Screening #2
INTRO & Q+A w/ CO-DIRECTOR JI ZHAO!
Featuring an introduction and a Q&A after the showing with Director Makoto Shinkai.
INTRO & Q+A w/ DIRECTOR ELÉA GOBBÉ-MÉVELLEC
INTRO & Q+A w/ DIRECTOR ANCA DAMIAN
INTRO & Q+A w/ DIRECTOR AYUMU WATANABE
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
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
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
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Q+A with director Denis Do and producer Sebastien Onomo
Q&A with Director! Warner Animation presents a special screening of this year’s critical and box office hit, Lego Batman. Event includes Q&A with filmmakers and special guests (check back here for updates) plus Lego Batman audience prizes for all families.
Q&A by producer John Walker Limited-edition gift for all families! Plus sneak peek of upcoming Disney • Pixar release, Coco Celebrate the past, present, and future of the iconic Pixar Animation Studios! Prior to a screening of Academy Award® winner (and beloved favorite) The Incredibles, get a special sneak-peek clip of upcoming Disney•Pixar release Coco before it arrives in theaters Nov. 22nd. … Disney • Pixar’s The Incredibles