The opener of this year’s Critics’ Week in Venice, Gitanjali Rao’s mesmerizing and lovingly hand-painted feature debut is an ode to love, a city and its cinema. Working class Kamala […]
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No. 7 Cherry Lane
INTRO & Q+A w/ DIRECTOR YONFAN Hong Kong master Yonfan’s first feature since 2009’s Prince of Tears is also his first foray into the world of animated filmmaking. But […]
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Weathering With You
INTRO & Q+A w/ DIRECTOR MAKOTO SHINKAI 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 […]
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ADDITIONAL SCREENING
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Weathering With You
INTRO & Q+A w/ DIRECTOR MAKOTO SHINKAI 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 […]
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Weathering With You
INTRO & Q+A w/ DIRECTOR MAKOTO SHINKAI 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 […]
Marona’s Fantastic Tale
INTRO & Q+A w/ DIRECTOR ANCA DAMIAN With the release of her Cristal Award-winning Crulic – The Path to Beyond in 2011, Anca Damian’s presence was announced like a lightning […]
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Children of the Sea
INTRO & Q+A w/ DIRECTOR AYUMU WATANABE Children of the Sea is the latest feature from Japan’s Studio 4°C, the acclaimed studio behind AIF alumni MFKZ and Mind Game, and is […]
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Mirai
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 […]
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Mirai
OPENING NIGHT FILM Q+A w/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 […]
Another Day of Life
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 […]
Tito and the Birds
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 […]
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The Breadwinner
WITH DIRECTOR Q&A Animation is Film is thrilled to present the highly-anticipated new film from executive producer Angelina Jolie and the creators of Academy Award®-nominated The Secret of Kells and […]
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The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales
DIRECTOR IN PERSON! Benjamin Renner follows up his delightful, Oscar®-nominated Ernest & Celestine with a lively trio of hand-drawn cartoons about life on an animal farm, adapted from his own […]
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Lu Over the Wall
From visionary anime auteur Masaaki Yuasa, who takes over the festival this year with two other selections – the new rom-com Night is Short, Walk on Girl and outré classic […]
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Night Is Short, Walk on Girl
POST SCREENING SKYPE Q&A WITH DIRECTOR Acclaimed anime director Masaaki Yuasa, took a decade off directing feature animation only to return with two remarkable features in the same year – […]
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