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Viral Japanese Stop Motion, Grandmas Who Talk To Cats, Flavorless Distopias: Cannes’ Annecy Animation Showcase 2026
This year’s lineup mixes techniques, genres, and highlighting filmmakers and features from across Europe, Japan, and Latin America.
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Flóra Anna Buda’s ’27’ Is Heading To Cannes’ Short Film Competition, Check Out The Exclusive Trailer
Buda talks to us about how her work has evolved since ‘Entropia’ and what she wants to do differently on her next film.
Hollywood Heads To France: Pixar’s ‘Elemental’ Will World Premiere At Cannes Before Dreamworks’ ‘Ruby Gillman’ Debuts At Annecy
‘Elemental’ will then hit theaters on June 16, with ‘Ruby heading to cinemas on June 30.
Festival News: ‘Little Nicholas’ Headed To Cannes, ‘My Love Affair With Marriage’ To Tribeca
Two new animated features are getting major festival debuts.
Watch The Trailer For ‘Where Is Anne Frank,’ Ari Folman’s Latest Cannes-Playing Feature
Folman wanted to tell Anne’s well-known story “to the youngest audience I could.”
Mamoru Hosoda Says Hayao Miyazaki “Does Not Have Confidence In Himself As A Man”
The director of “Belle” says that a lot of anime filmmakers present young women in a way that “has nothing to do with the reality of who they are.”
Cannes Audience Clapped For 14 Straight Minutes After Mamoru Hosoda’s ‘Belle’
This could well be the longest standing ovation the festival has ever given to an animated film.
Cannes Animation Lineup: ‘Belle,’ ‘Where Is Anne Frank,’ ‘The Summit Of The Gods’
The festival will also host the world premiere of “Satoshi Kon, The Illusionist,” a documentary about the late anime master.
China’s Joy Pictures Continues Expansion Into Animation With Two New Films At Cannes Market
When it comes to animation, the co-producers of “The Legend of Hei” mean business.
Studiocanal Launches New Feature ‘Around the World’
The animal-centric version of the Jules Verne novel stars a marmoset and a scheming frog.
Rémi Chayé’s New Feature ‘Calamity – A Childhood of Martha Jane Cannary’ Acquired Up By Indie Sales
Indie Sales has boarded Rémi Chayé’s next hand-drawn feature film.
Michael Dudok de Wit’s ‘The Red Turtle’ Wins At Cannes
Studio Ghibli’s first-ever co-production went up against 17 live-action films at Cannes, and won the special jury prize.
Sony Pictures Classics Acquires U.S. Rights To ‘The Red Turtle’
After a six-year break, Sony Pictures Classics is back in the animation game.
Watch the Trailer for Michael Dudok de Wit’s ‘The Red Turtle,’ Debuting At Cannes
It’s the first European film that Japan’s legendary Studio Ghibli has co-produced.