After two years of pandemic, this festival returns to its usual format from June 13 to 18 and promises “a firework of creativity and diversity”. Many Highly anticipated feature films will be on view such as “Minions 2”.
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Minions 2: Once Upon a Time Gruthe long-awaited sequel to the 2015 worldwide hit animated film, will premiere on the opening night of the Annecy International Film Festival.
Created in 1960, this event is a major meeting place for animation cinema in the world, as is its international market which brings together the biggest studios dedicated to the animated image each year. After a completely digital edition in 2020 and a hybrid event in 2021, the Festival returns this year in the flesh.
The 2022 selection “wants to bear witness to the vitality of animated cinema” with an official selection of ten films, including Charlotte by Eric Warin and Tahir Rana (Belgium/Canada/France), which evokes the Jewish-German painter Charlotte Salomon who died in Auschwitz at the age of 26.
The 2022 Annecy Festival will also present the first images of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Part One), Puss in Boots 2: The Last Quest, Ernest and Celestine, the trip to Charabieas well as Buzz Lightning world premiere from Pixar Animation Studios.
Goodbye, DonGlee! by Atsuko Ishizuka (Japan), Forbidden to dogs and Italians by Alain Ughetto (France/Italy), Le Petit Nicolas: what are we waiting for to be happy? of Amandine Fredon and Benjamin Massoubre (France/Luxembourg), are also in selection.