Cannes Film Festival Archives

French Filmmaking Organizations Condemn OpenAI-Backed Animated Feature Aiming For Cannes

French creators’ groups oppose OpenAI’s reported plan to debut an AI-generated animated film at Cannes, urging protection of human-led artistry.

Momoko Seto’s ‘Dandelion’s Odyssey’ Is An Experimental Animated Feature Unlike Anything You’ve Seen Before

‘Dandelion’s Odyssey,’ which premiered at Cannes Critics’ Week, presents a daring fusion of time-lapse photography, robots, cg animation, and macro-photography.

Three Animated Features Are Premiering At Cannes. Could One Of Them Be The Next ‘Flow’?

There’s a good reason to pay close attention to these three animated films premiering at Cannes.

Could An Animated Film Win The Cannes Palme D’Or For The First Time Ever This Year?

All eyes are on Michel Hazanavicius’s feature animation directorial debut ‘The Most Precious of Cargoes.’

Studio Ghibli To Be Honored By Cannes Film Festival With Honorary Palme D’Or

It marks the first time that the festival has given its honorary prize to a group of people rather than an individual artist.

Flóra Anna Buda’s ’27’ Tops Live-Action Competition To Take Cannes’ Short Film Palme d’Or

’27’ is the first animated short to win the prize since ‘Waves ’98’ did so in 2015.

‘The Proud Princess,’ ‘Robotia,’ ‘Norbert’ Among Animated Features On The Move At Cannes’ Marché Du Film

As Cannes’ marketplace hearts up, sales companies and distributors are moving on animated titles.

Neon Acquires U.S. Distribution Rights To Pablo Berger’s Cannes, Annecy Player ‘Robot Dreams’

The kids and family feature will premiere at Cannes on Saturday, then play in competition at Annecy in June.

‘Ice Merchants’ Awarded Cannes’ Critics’ Week Prize For Short Film

João Gonzalez’s Ice Merchants was the first-ever Portuguese animated film to win an award at the Cannes Film Festival.

Cannes Critics’ Week Selects Animated Films As Part Of Its Line-Up

Three shorts and one live-action feature with animated sequences will screen at this year’s Cannes Critics’ Week.

Five Chilean Animated Features Will Take Center Stage At The Cannes Film Market

A preview of the five features that Chile will present at the Marché du Film.

Cannes’s Official Lineup Contains A Record Four Animated Features

Is the festival warming up to animation at last?

Studio Ghibli Reveals New Details About ‘Aya And The Witch,’ Its First CG Feature

A twist: it may not come to cinemas at all.

Netflix Acquires Worldwide Rights To Cannes Critics’ Week Winner ‘I Lost My Body’

“I Lost My Body” will reach Netflix’s 150+ million subscribers.

Jeremy Clapin’s ‘I Lost My Body’ Tops All Live-Action Films At Cannes Critics’ Week, Wins Grand Prize

“I Lost My Body,” the only animated feature in competition at Cannes Critics’ Week, has won the grand prize.

See The Mysterious New Teaser Trailer For ‘I Lost My Body’

The film debuts at the Cannes Film Festival tomorrow.

Cannes 2019: Jérémy Clapin’s Feature ‘I Lost My Body’ To Debut In Critics’ Week Sidebar

Jérémy Clapin’s highly-anticipated feature film directorial debut will premiere at Cannes.

Cannes 2019: ‘The Swallows of Kabul’ Will Premiere In Competition

The hand-drawn feature will be part of Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section.

WATCH: Marta Pajek On Making The Short Film Trilogy ‘Impossible Figures’

Marta Pajek discusses the ideas behind her captivating and complex short film trilogy “Impossible Figures and Other Stories.”

TRAILER: ‘Another Day Of Life’ Takes Animation To New Places

Based on the true life adventures of a Polish journalist, “Another Day of Life” uses animation to tell a tough story.

Why Did Netflix Pay $30 Million At Cannes For The Chinese Animated Film ‘Next Gen’?

Netflix really wanted this Chinese animated feature. We try to figure out why.

Cannes 2018: Animated Feature ‘Chris the Swiss’ Selected For Critics’ Week

An unconventional animated documentary makes the cut at Cannes Critics’ Week.

Cannes 2018: Directors’ Fortnight Selects Films By Mamoru Hosoda, Emma De Swaef, and Marc Roels

Four animated projects are getting the spotlight at Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight sidebar.

Cannes 2018: Four Animated Shorts Selected For Competition

This year, Polish filmmaker Marta Pajek is the only animation filmmaker in contention for Canne’s Short Film Palme d’or.

It’s Hard to Be A Utopian: Matthew Rankin On His New Film ‘The Tesla World Light’

Matthew Rankin’s new National Film Board of Canada film, “The Tesla World Light,” premiered today at Cannes. He spoke with us about his surreal and abstract project about a legendary scientist.