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Cartoon Movie Preview: 12 European Animated Features That We’re Excited About

The projects, in various stages of development and production, will present at Cartoon Movie in March.

Sébastien Laudenbach and Chiara Malta re-team on the colorful animated feature about a high-stakes grocery run.

Laudenbach previously directed the Annecy-winning feature “The Girl Without Hands,” which he animated alone.

“Tout était nouveau pour moi, dans ce film,” dit Laudenbach.

“Everything in this film was new to me,” says Laudenbach.

Top French animation directors tell the César Awards: “We wish to state, once again, that animation is not a genre.”

These highly individualistic and bold animated features are guaranteed to challenge and inspire filmgoers.

This major animation event is where deals gets made for European animated features.

Watch some of the commissioned projects that were chosen for competition at Annecy 2018.

Here’s how to make an animated feature by yourself.

A haunting animated gem, created entirely by one person, starts its U.S. theatrical run today.

Run, don’t walk, to see the U.S. release of this stunningly gorgeous adult fairy tale: “The Girl Without Hands.”

Špela Čadež’s “Nighthawk” wins the Grand Prix for short film.

“My Life As A Zucchini” wins France’s highest animation honor.

In a year full of remarkable animated features, one of the most sublime and original ones is about to launch.

“My Life As a Courgette” won both the Cristal and audience award for feature film at Annecy 2016.

The distributor says the film is “unlike anything you have seen before” and “a stunning example of the potential of the medium of animation.”

The full list of 20 animated features that will be presented at Annecy this spring.