Apr 24, 2017

Annecy announces a full line-up of 23 animation features

The Annecy International Animated Film Festival announced today that its opening night film will be Zombillenium by Arthur de Pins.

De Pins' film will kick off screenings of 23 animated features, 10 of which will be screened in competition and 13 of which will screen out-of-competition.

The festival is placing a significant emphasis on Asian films this year: 10 of the 23 films are from China, Japan, and South Korea, including some buzzed-about projects like Jian Liu's Have A Nice Day and Masaaki Yuasa's Lu Over the Wall. (pictured above)

The only American film that made the cut is Tony Bancroft and Scott Christian Sava's Animal Crackers.

A diversity of techniques will be on display. At least nine of the films incorporate 2D hand-drawn animation, while the rest us a diversity of techniques, among them cgi, rotoscoping, and puppets.

Here is the festival line-up:

In addition to the films in the festival line-up, Annecy will also present screenings of numerous other new features, including Captain Underpants, Despicable Me 3, Blame!, Mazinger Z, Mutafukaz, The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales, and The Jungle Bunch.

The festival has previously announced shorts films, commissioned projects, and tv series that will be screening in competition. The entire festival line-up can be found on the festival website.