The 2024 Annecy International Animated Film Festival presents its selection including “Garfield” and “Vice-Versa 2”

The sequels to animated films from major American studios, including “Vice-Versa 2” and “Despicable Me 4”, will be unveiled at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival, which presented the selection of its 2024 edition.

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The poster for the 2024 Annecy International Animated Film Festival. (ANNECY FESTIVAL)

The Annecy International Animated Film Festival (June 9 to 15) is a world reference in terms of animated cinema. The festival presented its selection for its 2024 edition on Thursday, April 25, including sequels to animated films from major American studios including Vice-Versa 2 And Despicable Me 4. A Gold Crystal will also be awarded to Terry Gilliam, author of cult films such as Brazil Or Las Vegas Paranoidand who has created animated sequences, notably in Monty Python films.

The major American studios, including Pixar, have once again responded and will unveil their next films. The first images of expected projects will also be presented, including the next DreamWorks (The Wild Robot) Or Moana 2 at Disney.

“Asterix and Obelix” and Michel Hazanavicius

Among the other expected projects, the adaptation of the humorous adventures of the cat Garfield (Garfield: hero in spite of himself) and on the French side, the first images of the animated series Asterix and Obelix, the battle of the leaders, signed Alain Chabat. On the competition side for the Golden Crystal, after Linda wants chicken! who won in 2023, twelve films are in the running, from France, Japan, Latvia, Australia and China.

The Most Valuable of Goods by Michel Hazanavicius is one of them, and will open the Festival, a few weeks after its world premiere in competition in Cannes. Wes Anderson will be the guest of honor at the festival, which will also have a section devoted to virtual reality (VR).


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