43rd Annecy International Animation Film Festival

9-15 June

After an outstanding 2023, which saw 15,820 badgeholders (a 19% increase compared to 2022) and 102 countries represented, the Festival is still growing as 4 additional theatres will be used at Pathé Annecy and there will be screenings bright and early at 8:30 am in Bonlieu.

This year’s selection was a challenging one, given the sheer quality of the films in the line-up! Out of a hundred films submitted, Marcel Jean revealed 23 feature films in the Official Selection.

There is even The Most Precious of Cargoes by Michel Hazanavicius on the screen!

Once upon a time there was a poor lumberjack and his wife who lived in a deep Polish forest. The poor woman moaned that she had no children. Day and night, trains passed through the woods. One day, as the poor woman was watching a train that she thought was a cargo train, a package was thrown out and fell into the snow…

IN THE OFFICIAL COMPETITION:

·    Into the Wonderwoods (Angelo dans la forêt mystérieuse) by Vincent Paronnaud (Winshluss), Alexis DucordProduced by: Je Suis Bien Content, Gao Shan Pictures, ZEILT productions, Amopix, EV.L Prod, France 3 Cinéma / France, Luxembourg

·    Ghost Cat Anzu by Yoko Kuno, Nobuhiro YamashitaProduced by: Shin-Ei Animation Co., Ltd, Miyu Productions / Japan, France

·    Flow by Gints Zilbalodis Produced by: Dream Well Studio, Take Five, Sacrebleu Productions / Latvia, Belgium, France

·    The Colors Within (KIMINOIRO) by Naoko Yamada Produced by: STORY inc., Science SARU Inc. / Japan

·    Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window (Madogiwa no Totto-chan) by Shinnosuke Yakuwa  Produced by: Shin-Ei Animation Co., Ltd / Japan

·    Memoir of a Snail by Adam Elliot Produced by: Arenamedia / Australia

·    Rock Bottom by María Trénor Produced by: Alba Sotorra, Jaibo Films, GS Animation / Spain, Poland

·    Sauvages by Claude Barras Produced by: Nadasdy Film, Haut et Court, Panique ! / Switzerland, France, Belgium

·    A Boat in the Garden (Slocum et moi) by Jean-François Laguionie Produced by: JPL Films, Melusine Productions/Studio 352 / Luxembourg, France

·    The Imaginary by Yoshiyuki Momose   Produced by: Studio Ponoc Inc. / Japan

·    The Storm by BusifanProduced by: CMC Pictures China / China

·    The Most Precious of Cargoes by Michel HazanaviciusProduction: Ex Nihilo, Les Compagnons du Cinéma, Les Films du Fleuve, StudioCanal / Belgium, France

We also pay special attention at Rock Bottom  based on the music and life of Robert Wyatt and Alfreda Benge, 

a story of the self-destructive love of this young couple, immersed in the groundbreaking turmoil of hippie culture. A passionate Balearic summer turns nightmarish in a journey through Wyatt's musical themes: the euphoria and anguish of artistic creation, the unconscious fascination with drugs, the disenchantment of routine and physical and mental degradation. The debut film by Spanish director María Trénor.