The Most Exciting Animation and Events Coming to Annecy 2025

The slate of animation coming to France’s yearly Annecy Festival, moving June 8-15, has been announced. And with it comes a batch of breathtaking presentations from planetary studios large and tiny celebrating the timelessness and scope of the mean astir the world. Disney, Netflix, Warner Bros. Animation, DreamWorks, and Sony Animation are among the larger studios making a splash astatine the festival, including anticipated projects from Star Wars, Stranger Things, Marvel, and DC.

None different than Bugs Bunny himself, drawn successful classical 2D by Warner Bros.’ Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe, presented the Annecy trailer this year. The delightful abbreviated advertisement was directed by Grant Orchard (Hey Duggee) with enforcement shaper Ben Bocquelet (The Amazing World of Gumball) with Eric Bauza voicing WB’s iconic character. It’s got america truly excited for the yearly planetary lawsuit and hopeful for much of the Looney Tunes’ beingness during the ceremonies.

Here are immoderate of the titles we’re astir excited to spot and larn much about.

Star Wars: Visions

Fans of the anthology bid volition get an aboriginal peek astatine play three, which arrives successful October and is led by Japanese animation houses. The circumstantial abbreviated getting an Annecy spotlight, “Black,” is directed by Shinya Ohira and centers “a psychedelic conflict betwixt past and present, airy and dark, and beingness and decease plays retired successful the haunted psyche of an Imperial trooper who is connected the cusp of defeat.”

Pixar Animation Studios Spotlight

Pixar CCO Pete Docter (Monsters, Inc., Up, Inside Out, Soul) will beryllium presenting a showcase of the studio’s upcoming slate including Elio, Hoppers, and Toy Story 5. The festival volition besides observe 30 years of Toy Story with caller behind-the-scenes look astatine the CG animated movie that started it all.

Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Zootopia 2

Walt Disney Animation Studios’ CCO and grant winning director-writer Jared Bush (Encanto, Zootopia, Moana) volition look astatine Annecy for the archetypal clip to springiness a sneak peek astatine Zootopia 2.

Marvel Animation – Eyes of Wakanda

Marvel Animation volition big a peculiar “making-of session” that volition treble arsenic an exclusive premiere screening of the archetypal episodes of its Black Panther beingness bid Eyes of Wakanda. “The communicative follows the adventures of brave Wakandan warriors passim history. In this globe-trotting adventure, the heroes indispensable transportation retired unsafe missions to retrieve Vibranium artifacts from the enemies of Wakanda. They are the Hatut Zaraze and this is their story.” The bid hits Disney+ successful August.

A Legendary Encounter: Icons of Animation Celebrate The Simpsons

The Simpsons creator Matt Groening, enforcement shaper and showrunner Matt Selman, and animator David Silverman are acceptable to beryllium honored astatine the festival for the longest-running animated show’s achievements successful the arts. A sheet volition “offer a uncommon penetration into the groundbreaking bequest of The Simpsons successful animation,” among different events that volition instrumentality attendees down the scenes of modern popular culture’s archetypal household of animation.

WB Animation’s Bat-Fam

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The creators down Merry Little Batman including manager Mike Roth volition assistance the lid connected the caped crusader and son’s continuing adventures with Bat-Fam.

Creating Creativity: Celebrating 25 Years of Cartoon Network Studios

A speech betwixt creators of Cartoon Network’s astir formative animation shows during its archetypal 25 years, including Gendy Tartakovsky (Dexter’s Laboratory), Craig McCracken (The Powerpuff Girls), Pendleton Ward (Adventure Time), Rebecca Sugar (Steven Universe), J.G. Quintel (Regular Show), and  Adam Muto (Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake).

Netflix Animation’s Stranger Things and In Your Dreams

Stranger Things: Tales from ’85 showrunner Eric Robles volition beryllium connected manus to springiness the satellite a archetypal look astatine the animated amusement successful the beingness of Stranger Things. The streaming level volition besides springiness a peek at  member and sister escapade diagnostic phantasy movie In Your Dreams, which centers astir the siblings going dream-hopping to find the sandman.

Animal Farm

Andy Serkis’ adaptation of  George Orwell’s ever-so timely Animal Farm will marque its debut astatine Annecy arsenic an authoritative enactment screening event. The movie is directed by Serkis, written by Nick Stoller, produced by Aniventure and Imaginarium with CG accumulation by Cinesite.

Naruto x Oasis

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This looks unhinged arsenic beloved anime Naruto sees a collab with Oasis “celebrating manga civilization with an animated movie inspired by the openings, taking the assemblage into an epic escapade alongside the Oasis mascots. This task pays tribute to the aesthetic and communicative codes of anime, captivating manga fans.”

Sony Animation

The all-animal animated sports feature Goat from Tyree Dillihay and co-director Adam Rosette volition beryllium featured astatine the festival. No connection connected any Spider-Verse action, however.

DreamWorks

The Bad Guys 2 volition marque its debut astatine the festival. We’re hoping determination volition beryllium immoderate benignant of update connected The Wild Robot 2, which we’re eagerly anticipating.

For much accusation astir Annecy 2025 sojourn the festival’s authoritative tract here.

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