Making an animated feature film is akin to scaling a mountain, it’s a painstaking, long and difficult process, even with a large crew and all the necessary tools. Attempting to create an animated feature with a skeleton crew and a shoestring, independent budget feels like an impossible task and yet a few filmmakers are doing … (Almost) On Their Own
Our panelists will present a complete overview of animation in France including schools, incentives, artistic approaches, experience in producing a major projects, and distribution. RSVP: frenchinmotionla@gmail.com 12:30 PM – Doors Open 1:00 PM – Panel Begins 2:30 PM – Networking Cocktail Hour 4:00 PM – Le Petit Nicolas Screening Panelists Moderator – Claude Budin Juteau … All You Wanted to Know About Producing Animation in France
Storytelling is the expressive foundation that has evolved with and transcended artforms for millenia. In a discussion featuring a variety of artists within the broader media and gaming worlds we explore how design affects the storytelling (and vise-versa) within video games. With a specific focus on 2D and independent production, the conversation will explore how … Designing Storytelling
In Ayodhya, the royal palace of the Kosala kingdom in ancient India, four princes were born to three queens, each of whom grew to great stature. After being banished from the palace for fourteen years due to mysterious court activity, Prince Rama retreated to the forest with his beautiful wife Sita. While there, Rama vanquishes … Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama
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
Uta—the most beloved singer in the world whose voice has been described as “otherworldly”—is renowned for concealing her own identity when performing. Now, for the first time ever, she will reveal herself to the world at a live concert. With the Navy watching closely, the venue fills with Uta’s fans—including excited pirates and the Straw … One Piece Film Red – RUSH TICKETS AVAILABLE
Thirteen years after Yang Jian (known to some as Erlang Shen) imprisoned his sister beneath a mountain, the once powerful god now scrapes by as a penniless bounty hunter. When a mysterious woman hires him for a new job, Yang Jian soon finds himself chasing down a familiar figure. He must stop Chenxiang, his long-lost … New Gods: Yang Jian
Returning for its 4th consecutive year, this jewel of the Animation Is Film program highlights a collection of female-directed short films. Programmed in partnership with the Annecy International Animation Film Festival and Women in Animation. FILMS: THE GARBAGE MAN (O Homem Do Lixo) / dir. Laura Goncalves / Portugal THE FLYING SAILOR / dirs. Amanda … SHORTS #3: Annecy / Women in Animation
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
In-person Q+A with director Benjamin Massoubre! Over long cafe chats and bistro dinners in Paris, writer René Goscinny and artist Jean-Jacques Sempé solidified their warm friendship. The two shared more than meals, though, as they created the iconic French character of Little Nicolas, a mischievous school boy whose antics have captivated audiences for decades. Little … Little Nicolas
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 the … Perlimps
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
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
FREE SCREENING The Animation Is Film Festival kicks off its fifth edition with this dizzying collection of some of the year’s best animated shorts from around the world.
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 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
FREE SCREENING A vibrant and diverse collection of student short films from some of the most highly regarded animation schools in the country. Midnight Garden (Sapphira Chen, CalArts) The Best Ham Sandwich According to a Fish” (Jessica Xu, CalArts) Homebody (Sophia Du, CalArts) Something Fishy (Christina Woo, CalArts) I Am a Fish (Joy Chung, CalArts) … SHORTS #2: Student Showcase
The Gold Kingdom and the Water Kingdom had a long, troubled history filled with epic battles before they decided to take the drastic steps of building a wall between the two lands. But 100 years later, they make good on an agreement in hopes of bringing stability to all. The rulers from each land had … Gold Kingdom and Water Kingdom
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 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
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 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 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 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
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