The Annecy Animation Festival has announced a rich program of new animated features from all around the world screening during its 2012 event (June 4-9). Ten features films (in competition) and 8 out-of-competition titles were selected out of a record number of 82 movies submitted for the fest.
Features in Competition
- Arrugas (Wrinkles), Ignacio Ferreras, Spain
- Asura, Keiichi Sato, Japan
- Couleur de peau: Miel (Approved for adoption), Laurent Boileau, Jung, France, Belgium
- Crulic – drumul spre dincolo (Crulic – The Path to Beyond), Anca Damian, Poland, Roumania
- Eun-sil-yee (The Dearest), Sun-ah Kim, Se-hee Park, South Korea
- Voyage vers Agartha (Children Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below), Makoto Shinkai, Japan
- Le Tableau, Jean-François Laguionie, Belgium, France
- Ronal Barbaren (Ronal the Barbarian), Thorbjørn Christoffersen, Kresten Vestbjerg Andersen, Denmark
- Tad, the Lost Explorer, Enrique Gato, Spain
- Zarafa, Rémi Bezançon, Jean-Christophe Lie, France, Belgium
Features Out of Competition
- Anima Buenos Aires, Argentina, Spain 9
- Delhi Safari, India
- Berserk: Ougon Jidai-Hen I “Haou No Tamago” (Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I “The High King’s Egg”), Japan
- Jean de La Lune (Moon Man), Germany, France
- Momo e no Tegami (A Letter to Momo), Japan
- Selkirk, el verdadero Robinson Crusoe, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay
- The King of Pigs, Sang-ho Yeun, South Korea
- Zambezia, South Africa
Sneak Previews
- The Suicide Shop (opening night film)
- Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted
- The Day of the Crows
- Dr Seuss’ The Lorax
- Ernest & Celestine
For more info about this one-of-a-kind event, visit www.annecy.org