The event will open with the new adventures of Gru and his yellow elves. Other highlights include the first images of Spider-Man – Across the Spider-Verse.
Once upon a time Gruhighly anticipated sequel to the animated film Minions, which enjoyed global success in 2015, will premiere on the opening night of the Annecy International Film Festival, organizers announced on Tuesday. Created in 1960, the Annecy Festival is the major event for animated cinema in the world, as is its international market which brings together the biggest studios dedicated to the animated image each year.
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“. The 2022 selection “wants to bear witness to the vitality of animated cinemawith 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.
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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. 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 Lightyear from Pixar Animation Studios as a world premiere.