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Annecy 2026: The Violinist wins Cristal as Iron Boy dominates the awards

At Annecy 2026, The Violinist won Cristal for Feature Film, beating major rivals; Iron Boy dominated with three prizes (Jury Award, Audience Award, and Gan Foundation Award for Distribution); Don Hertzfeldt’s Paper Trail won Cristal for Short; Decorado took the Paul Grimault Award, and A New Dawn earned a Jury Award among other prizes. The festival set a new attendance record of 19,100 accredited and named Colombia as the 2027 Country of Honor.

via Variety|

#animation #annecy #don-hertzfeldt

entertainment14 days ago•33 min saved

Disney Debuts Hexed and Lilo & Scratch at Annecy, Spotlighting a Hand-Painted 2D/CG Hybrid

Disney Animation Studios used Annecy to preview Hexed, its upcoming feature, and unveil Lilo & Scratch, a 2D/CG hybrid theatrical short that follows Stitch and Lilo after the original film. The short, directed by Veerasunthorn and Pierce, blends hand-painted 2D backgrounds with CG character animation, features Stitch voiced by Chris Sanders and Lilo by Maia Kealoha, and includes a sequence where Scratch the cat disrupts their quiet life, showcasing Disney’s continued experimentation with traditional aesthetics within a modern production pipeline.

via Cartoon Brew|

#2d-cg-hybrid #annecy #disney-animation-studios

entertainment14 days ago•15 min saved

Mexican Animator Luis De La Rosa Dies in Annecy Train Tragedy

Mexican animator Luis De La Rosa, 34, credited on Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and My Little Pony: The Movie, died after being struck by a train near Annecy, France, while attending the Annecy International Animation Film Festival and its MIFA market; emergency responders could not save him, and reports say he was wearing festival accreditation. Born in Mexico and based in Vancouver, De La Rosa had worked with studios such as Titmouse, Petty Karma and Deluxe Animation, and his death was confirmed by the festival as tributes poured in from attendees.

via Deadline|

#animation #annecy #entertainment

entertainment15 days ago•18 min saved

Disney Unveils Lilo & Scratch Short, Teases Hexed at Annecy

Disney used Annecy to unveil a new Stitch-centered short, Lilo & Scratch, set shortly after the first film and due in the fall, while previewing Hexed, Disney’s 65th animated feature about Billie, a teen who discovers magic and must navigate a bracelet that limits her powers, with Hailee Steinfeld voicing Billie and a mother-daughter storyline.

via Variety|

#animation #annecy #disney

entertainment15 days ago•16 min saved

Dark Shadows Gets an Edgy Animated Reboot From Warner Bros.

Warner Bros. Animation is reimagining the 1960s Gothic soap Dark Shadows as an adult animated series, continuing the Collins family saga with dark twists; executive producer Lisa Holdsworth will run the project, which is currently in development with no release date announced.

via The Hollywood Reporter|

#adult-animation #annecy #dark-shadows

entertainment15 days ago•3 min saved

Absolute Batman Animated Series Gets Scott Snyder-Driven Reimagining

Warner Bros. Animation and DC Studios announced an adult animated series 'Absolute Batman' at Annecy, with Scott Snyder as showrunner and Nick Dragotta as producer, reimagining Bruce Wayne as a working-class hero. The project is not yet attached to a network, and DC/Warner also announced 'Joker: Laugh Riot' and a Krypto kids' series as additional Gotham-related projects.

via TVLine|

#animation #annecy #batman

entertainment15 days ago•15 min saved

Ricky Gervais Gets Roaring Welcome at Annecy for Netflix’s Alley Cats

Ricky Gervais unveiled Netflix’s adult animated series Alley Cats at the Annecy International Animation Festival, receiving a hero’s welcome in a packed Bonlieu theatre and a birthday serenade as he previewed the first two episodes. The show follows Gus, a ginger tomcat, and a crew of stray British cats, with a domesticated cat named Ponce joining their daily musings on life… from cat etiquette to mortality. Gervais described Alley Cats as a continuation of his creative process across The Office, Extras and After Life, and highlighted his lifelong love of animals.

via Deadline|

#alley-cats #animation #annecy

entertainment16 days ago•19 min saved

DC Studios & WB Animation Debut DC's First Anime Series Joker: Laugh Riot at Annecy

At Annecy, DC Studios and Warner Bros. Animation unveiled Joker: Laugh Riot, their first anime series, along with an adult-oriented Absolute Batman and a new Krypto series, signaling a broad push into anime and a diverse slate for DC characters across ages.

via Variety|

#absolute-batman #annecy #dc-studios-warner-bros-animation

entertainment16 days ago•15 min saved

Absolute Batman Gets Its Own Animated Series From DC and WB

DC Studios and Warner Bros. Animation announced an animated adaptation of Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta's Absolute Batman, with Snyder as executive producer and showrunner and Dragotta as producer, unveiled at Annecy and reframing Batman as a working‑class hero fighting corruption. The presentation also greenlit Joker: Laugh Riot (adult animation) and teased a kids‑focused Krypto project, along with updates on Creature Commandos, Batman: Caped Crusader, My Adventures with Superman, Mister Miracle, DC Superpowers and Starfire.

via Deadline|

#absolute-batman #annecy #dc-studios

animation16 days ago•37 min saved

Brad Bird’s Ray Gunn Takes Center Stage at Netflix’s Annecy Showcase

Netflix used its Annecy showcase to unveil Brad Bird’s Ray Gunn, presenting the opening seven minutes and confirming a December 18 release, while also previewing Ghostbusters: Night Shift and Charlie vs. the Chocolate Factory—marking a broader, more varied and mature slate for Netflix’s animated lineup.

via Cartoon Brew|

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film16 days ago•18 min saved

Annecy Hails Batman Knightfall as Promising Animated Trilogy Opens

At the Annecy festival, Warner Bros. Animation debuted Part 1 of the Knightfall trilogy, an adult‑oriented Batman tale animated by Mir Co., featuring Anson Mount as Batman, Michael Mando as Bane, and Tim Drake in a pivotal Robin role. The premiere highlighted brutal action, sharp humor, and detective storytelling as Batman confronts trauma and Bane's scheme to break Gotham, signaling a potentially standout DC animated chapter and setting up a three-film arc.

via Variety|

#animation #annecy #batman

entertainmenttelevision16 days ago•17 min saved

Night Shift Ghostbusters: Netflix Unveils 1990s NYC Team at Annecy

Netflix unveiled Ghostbusters: Night Shift at Annecy—first look, logline, clip and concept art for an animated series set in 1994 New York, where a scrappy new Ghostbusters crew (Belladonna, Mitzi, Zoe, Travis, Mike and Terror Puppy) faces a fresh supernatural wave five years after the Statue of Liberty incident; exec producers include Jason Reitman, Dan Aykroyd and Amie Karp, with showrunners Ben Hibon and Elliott Kalan. The Netflix/Sony Pictures Animation project aims to fill the gap between the 1984 original and Ghostbusters II with a grittier, street-level look.

via Deadline|

#1990s-new-york #annecy #entertainmenttelevision

film17 days ago•17 min saved

Rogue Trooper Star Tackles Mugger On Way To Annecy Premiere

Aneurin Barnard, who plays Rogue Trooper, revealed at Annecy that he tackled a street robber who had just robbed an elderly woman on his way to a session promoting Duncan Jones’s Rogue Trooper, a motion-capture/animation adaptation of the 2000 AD comic. The world premiere panel included Jones and others discussing the long road to making the film, with Barnard recalling the incident and the team joking about blood on knuckles as they pushed the project forward.

via Deadline|

#2000-ad #aneurin-barnard #annecy

entertainment18 days ago•16 min saved

Trachtenberg to Direct Freddy the 13th Animated Feature for Paramount

Dan Trachtenberg, director of Prey and Badlands, will helm an untitled animated feature adaptation of Yehudi Mercado’s Freddy the 13th graphic novel for Paramount Animation, with Mercado co-directing and Trachtenberg and Ben Rosenblatt producing; announced at Annecy, the project aims to blend horror with family-friendly PG-rated scares for a wide audience.

via The Hollywood Reporter|

#annecy #dan-trachtenberg #entertainment

film18 days ago•15 min saved

Dan Trachtenberg to Direct Paramount Animation's Freddy the 13th Animated Comedy-Horror

Paramount Animation unveiled an untitled animated comedy-horror based on Yehudi Mercado’s Freddy the 13th, with Dan Trachtenberg set to direct and produce alongside Ben Rosenblatt under a three-year first-look deal; the late-2025 graphic novel follows Freddy Vanwinkle, the thirteenth son who inherits the Boogeyman’s powers after a family accident, and the film is pitched as PG-rated horror with laughs for the whole family, debuting at Annecy.

via Deadline|

#annecy #dan-trachtenberg #film