French director Benoît Chieux’s Sirocco And The Kingdom Of The Wind is to open the Annecy International Animation Film Festival which runs from June 11-17.
The film – about two young sisters who discover a passage between this world and the extraordinary universe of The Kingdom of the Winds - is one of 11 titles selected for the festival’s official competition, where it will compete for the Crystal award.
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Neil Boyle and Kirk Hendry’s Kensuke’s Kingdom – which is adapted from Michael Morpurgo best selling children’s novel by Frank Cottrell-Boyce – also world premieres at Annecy. The UK-Luxembourg-France co-pro is produced by Lupus Films, Melusine Productions/Studio 352 and Le Pacte.
Jim Capobiano and Pierre-Luc Granjon’s The Inventor – a stop motion film about Leonardo da Vinci featuring the voices of Stephen Fry, Daisy Ridley and Marion Cotillard – also debuts in competition.
The competition also includes two films which played at the Berlinale this year: Liu Jian Chinese animation Art College 1994, which world premiered in competition, and Sepideh Farsi’s Panorama title La Sirène.
Elsewhere, the Contrechamp Competition, which features more innovative works, comprises 12 productions (see below for full list).
The festival also unveiled details of special screenings, sneak peaks and works in progress. They include Sony animated short The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story, a first look at The Kenji Kamiyama’s Lord of the Rings: The War of Rohirrim from Warner Bros Animation and a work-in-progress version of Nickelodeon’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Mutant Mayhem by Jeff Rowe.
Annecy said one hundred films were entered for its official selection, with 23 selected between the official competition and the Contrechamp competition.
Meanwhile the Annecy International Animation Film Market (Mifa) is expecting over 13,000 badgeholders, with 106 countries represented and almost 3,000 companies onsite.
Official Competition
Art College 1994 (China)
Dir: Liu Jian
Prod: China Academy of Art, Hangzhou Lightriver Culture & Media
Four Souls of Coyote (Hun)
Dir: Áron Gauder
Prod: Cinemon Entertainment
Kensuke’s Kingdom (UK-Lux-Fr)
Dir: Neil Boyle and Kirk Hendry
Prod: Lupus Films, Melusine Productions/Studio 352, Le Pacte
La Sirène (Ger-Bel-Fr-Lux)
Dir: Sepideh Farsi
Prod: Les Films d’ici, Katuh Studio, Bac Cinema, Lunanime, TrickStudio Lutterbeck
Chicken for Linda! (Fr- It)
Dir: Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach
Prod: Dolce Vita Films, Miyu Productions, Dorje Film
Lonely Castle in the Mirror (Japan)
Dir: Keiichi Hara
Prod: A-1 Pictures
Mars Express (Fr)
Dir: Jérémie Périn
Prod: Everybody on Deck, Je Suis Bien Content
Sirocco and the Kingdom of the Winds (Belg-Fr)
Dir: Benoît Chieux
Prod: Sacrebleu Productions
The Inseparables (Belg-Sp-Fr)
Dir: Jérémie Degruson
Prod: nWave Digital, Octopolis, A Contracorriente Films
The Inventor (US-Fr-Ire)
Dir: Jim Capobianco and Pierre-Luc Granjon
Prod: Curiosity Studio, Leo & King, Foliascope
The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes (Japan)
Dir: Tomohisa Taguchi
Prod: Clap
Contrechamp Competition
When Adam Changes (Can)
Dir: Joël Vaudreuil
Prod: Parce Que Films/Québec,
Tender Metalheads (Sp)
Dir: Carlos Perez-Reche and Joan Tomas
Prod: La Productora de Juanjo Saez
Johnny & Me – A Journey through Time with John Heartfield (Ger-Austria-Switz)
Dir: Katrin Rothe
Prod: Hanfgarn & Ufer Filmproduktion
Komada – A Whisky Family (Japan)
Dir: Masayuki Yoshihara
Prod: Story INC., P.A. Works, DMM.com
The Sacred Cave (Cameroon)
Dir: Daniel Minlo and Cyrille Masso
Prod: Malo Pictures
Robot Dreams
Dir: Pablo Berger (Sp-Fr)
Production : Les films du Worso, Arcadia Motion Pictures, Noodles Production
Rosa and the Stone Troll (Den)
Dir: Karla Nor Holmbäck
Prod: Dansk Tegnefilm
Saleem (Jordan)
Dir: Cynthia Madanat Sharaiha
Prod: Digitales
Slide (US)
Dir: Bill Plympton
Prod: Plymptoons Studio
Toldi (Hung)
Dir: Marcell Jankovics and Lajos Csakovics
Prod: Kecskemétfilm
Tony, Shelly and the Magic Light (Hun-Cz-Slov)
Dir: Filip Pošivač
Prod: Filmfabriq, Nutprodukcia, Nutprodukce
White Plastic Sky (Hun-Slov)
Dir: Tibor Banoczki and Sarolta Szabo
Prod: Salto Films, Artichoke
Screening Events
Monday 12th June:
The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story
Production: Sony Pictures Animation
Work-in-progress version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Mutant Mahem
Dir: Jeff Rowe
Prod: Ewan Goldberg, Seth Rogen, James Weaver – Nickelodeon Animation Studios/USA
Tuesday 13 June:
A first look at The Lord of the Rings: The War of Rohirrim
Dir: Kenji Kamiyama
Prod: Warner Bros. Animation/USA
Star Wars: Visions – Behind the Scenes of Screecher’s Reach, In the Stars and The Spy Dancer
A making of the series and presentation of three episodes directed respectively by Cartoon Saloon, Punkrobot and La Cachette studios.
A first look at Fixed
Dir: Genndy Tartakovsky
Prod: Sony Pictures Animation, New Line Cinema
Wednesday 14th June:
A first look at Migration
Dir: by Benjamin Renner
Prod: Illumination Entertainment
Rick and Morty: 10 Years of Intergalactic Adventures
Dirs: Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon
Prod: Marc Haimes – Warner Bros. Pictures
A first look at the anthology Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire
A making of and presentation of three films by their directors
Prod: Disney+
Nimona
Dir: Troy Quane and Nick Bruno
Prod: Netflix Animation, Annapurna Animation
Netflix will also present a panel discussion on From Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget to Blue Eye Samurai as part of See What’s Next @ Netflix.
Thursday 15th June:
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
Dir: Faryn Pearl and Kirk DeMicco
Prod: DreamWorks Animation/USA
A first look at Trolls Band Together
Dir: Walt Dohrn and Tim Heitz.
Production: Gina Shay – DreamWorks Animation/USA
Friday 16 June
Elemental
Dir: Peter Sohn and produced by Denise Ream
Prod: Pixar Animation Studios/USA
Pixar Animation Studios will also present an early look at never-before-seen materials from its first-ever original series Win or Lose coming soon to Disney+.
Kaina of the Great Snow Sea: Star Sage
Dir: Hiroaki Ando
Prod: Polygon Pictures, Fuji Television Network, Crunchyroll, Dentsu Film, Bilibili, Netease
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