{"id":2131,"date":"2026-06-19T12:07:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T12:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=2131"},"modified":"2026-06-19T12:07:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T12:07:26","slug":"the-cant-miss-premieres-showcases-and-sneak-peeks-at-annecy-animation-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=2131","title":{"rendered":"The Can\u2019t Miss Premieres, Showcases and Sneak Peeks at Annecy Animation Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tAnnecy season is upon us. <\/p>\n

\n\tFrom Sunday, pretty much everyone who\u2019s anyone in the animation world will descend on the lakeside town in the French Alps for the world\u2019s largest animation film festival.<\/p>\n

Read more \u2018Big Mouth\u2019 and \u2018The Blacklist\u2019 Showrunners, \u2018Send Help\u2019 Screenwriter Run for Writers Guild West Board<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tMore than any other event, Annecy remains the industry\u2019s standard-bearer \u2014 a showcase for the biggest studio and streaming projects, a launchpad for independent voices from around the world and, perhaps most importantly, the premier scouting ground for the next generation of animation talent.<\/p>\n

\n\tThis year\u2019s edition features six packed days of premieres, panels, presentations and sneak peeks, running alongside the three-day MIFA industry market (June 23-26). Here are your not-to-miss highlights.<\/p>\n

\n\t\tWORLD PREMIERES\t<\/h2>\n

\n\tAnnecy opens on Sunday, June 21 with the world premiere of Minions & Monsters<\/em>, the third film in the Illumination\/Universal franchise, and the only major Hollywood feature to launch at the festival this year.<\/p>\n

\n\tBut there will be a feast of small-screen premieres, including the first two episodes of Bandai Namco Filmworks\u2019 hotly anticipated new Ghost in the Shell<\/em> anime series, screening June 22, Batman: Knightfall Part 1: Knightfall<\/em>, from director Jeff Wamester, the first entry in a new series of digital-first animated features from Warner Bros. Animation, screening on June 23; and President Curtis<\/em>, the Rick and Morty<\/em> spin-off series from Adult Swim, will premiere June 24.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe festival will close on Saturday, June 27 with the world premiere of the short film Lysistrata<\/em>, the last, posthumous work of legendary animator Richard Williams (Who Framed Roger Rabbit?<\/em>, The Thief and the Cobbler<\/em>)<\/p>\n

\n\t\tAWARD CONTENDERS\t<\/h2>\n

\n\tAnnecy has a solid track record of picking animated award-season contenders \u2014 from 2025 Oscar winner Flow<\/em> to recent nominees Arco<\/em> and Little Am\u00e9lie or the Character of Rain.<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tAmong the prime contenders in this year\u2019s festival line-up are Phuong Mai Nguyen\u2019s In Waves<\/em>, which premiered in Cannes and was snatched up by Netflix worldwide outside of France; Leah Nelson\u2019s biographical drama Tangles<\/em>, produced by and starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Seth Rogen; Iron Boy<\/em>, from French director Louis Clichy, which won the Special Jury Prize in Cannes Un Certain Regard section last month; and Muyi<\/em>, a Chinese-set 2D drama from French director Julien Chheng.<\/p>\n

\n\t\tPRESENTATIONS AND SNEAK PEEKS\t<\/h2>\n

\n\tThe studios and streamers use Annecy as a platform to announce new deals, first-looks and sneak previews. Aardman Studios (Wallace & Gromit<\/em>, Shaun The Sheep<\/em>) will kick things off with a special session on Sunday, with co-founders Peter Lord and David Sproxton, 4-time Oscar winning director Nick Park and studio CCO Sarah Cox taking the audience through 50 years of storytelling at the British claymation masters.<\/p>\n

Read more Glenn Danzig to Direct Adaption of His Comic \u2018Hellmask\u2019 (Exclusive)<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tOn Monday, Warner Bros. Pictures Animation President and CCO Bill Damaschke will unveil the division\u2019s new line-up \u2014 and give a peek into corporate strategy in the wake of the WB-Paramount merger \u2014 in a session featuring exclusive footage from the Bill Hader-voiced The Cat in the Hat<\/em> and Bad Fairies<\/em> with Cynthia Erivo and Ncuti Gatwa, as well as a new Looney Tunes short, Daffy Season. <\/em>On Tuesday, directors Joel Crawford and Januel P. Mercado will preview their upcoming DreamWorks Animation\u2019s feature Forgotten Island<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\n\tWednesday will see LAIKA\u2019s deep dive into stop-motion epic Wildwood<\/em>, with director Travis Knight unveiling details, and extensive footage from his upcoming feature, an adaptation of Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis\u2019s 2011 novel, which features ensemble voice cast including Peyton Elizabeth Lee, Jacob Tremblay, Carey Mulligan, Richard E. Grant, Awkwafina and Mahershala Ali.<\/p>\n

\n\tDisney+ will give a first look at Season 15 of King of the Hill<\/em>, followed by a Q&A with co-creator Mike Judge. Netflix will screen a first look at Brad Bird\u2018s Ray Gunn <\/em>and the Jason Reitman and Gil Kenan exec-produced animated series Ghostbusters: Night Shift<\/em>, as well as footage from their upcoming The One Piece<\/em> anime series and Charlie vs. the Chocolate Factory<\/em> film, a spin-off of the classic Roald Dahl tale.<\/p>\n

\n\tThursday\u2019s line-up includes a masterclass with Ricky Gervais, discussing his upcoming Netflix adult animation series Alley Cats<\/em>; and the Warner Bros. Animation\/ DC Studios slate, with first looks at series Mister Miracle<\/em>, Starfire<\/em>, Creature Commandos<\/em>, and more. Friday\u2019s highlights include Warner Bros.\u2019 adult animation showcase, and first-looks at Disney\u2019s Hexed<\/em> and Pixar\u2019s upcoming feature Gatto<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\n\t\tWORKS IN PROGRESS\t<\/h2>\n

\n\tThe Works in Progress sessions are a highlight of every Annecy Festival, providing an early snapshot of upcoming features in the middle of the creative process.<\/p>\n

\n\tAmong this year\u2019s WIP must-sees are Toei Animation\u2019s Monkey Quest<\/em>, from Shrek 2<\/em> writer David N. Weiss, presenting on Monday; Netflix\u2019s Steps<\/em>, a re-telling\/re-mix of the Cinderella story from directors Alyce Tzue and John Ripa on Tuesday; and Wednesday\u2019s presentation of Nicolas Hess\u2019 reboot of OG anime Astro Boy.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t\tDISCOVERIES AND HIDDEN GEMS\t<\/h2>\n

\n\tBeyond the big premieres and studio showcases, Annecy, particularly in its sidebar sections \u2014 Contrechamp, Perspectives, WTF, Off-Limits, Midnight Specials \u2014 remains a showcase for auteur animation and works from the margins. <\/p>\n

\n\tAmong this year\u2019s potential hidden gems are the Taiwanese 2D rotoscope drama Welcome to Dolly\u2019s House <\/em>from directors Seven Ych, Rady Fu, and Tree Muta, which follows a YouTube star whose life spirals into nightmare; the Filipino documentary 58th<\/em>, from director Carl Joseph Papa, which chronicles a notorious massacre from 2009; Kenichi Kutsuna\u2019s samurai action film Sekiro: No Defeat<\/em>, which Crunchyroll has picked up worldwide; the surreal drama Spacetime Chronicles<\/em> from Italian music video director Stefano Bertelli; and Jim Queen<\/em>, a crude South Park<\/em>-style spoof from France about a sex symbol on the Parisian gay scene who contracts a strange virus that turns him straight.<\/p>\n

Read more Warner Bros.\u2019 Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy to Keynote Toronto Film Festival<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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