The 2025 Annecy International Animation Film Festival, scheduled for June 8–14 in Annecy, France, revealed the 21 feature films in the Official Selection. This year’s edition pays tribute to Hungarian animation, spotlighting both classic and contemporary works.
The festival will honor visionary artist Michel Gondry, renowned for his innovative animation work in music videos, with an Honorary Cristal award. In addition to Michel Gondry, who will also be giving a Masterclass, Joanna Quinn will be honored at the Opening Ceremony for her body of work, along with Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons.
Official competition
Allah is Not Obliged by Zaven Najjar, based on the book of the same name by Ahmadou Kourouma – WIP 2024 (Belgium, Canada, France, Luxembourg)
A Magnificent Life (The Magnificent Life of Marcel Pagnol) by Sylvain Chomet, based on Confidences by Marcel Pagnol (France, Luxembourg, Belgium)
Arco by Ugo Bienvenu (France)
ChaO by Yasuhiro Aoki (Japan)
Dandelion’s Odyssey by Momoko Seto – WIP 2024 (Belgium, France) – release 2026 – GEBEKA Films
Death Does Not Exist by Félix Dufour-Laperrière – WIP 2024 (Canada, France)
Into the Mortal World by Zhong Ding (China)
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain by Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han, based on The Character of Rain , by Amélie Nothomb – WIP 2023 (France)
Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake by Irene Iborra, based on the work by Maite Carranza La vie est un film – WIP 2024 (Belgium, Chile, Spain, France)
The Last Blossom by Baku Kinoshita – WIP 2024 (Japan)
Contrechamp competition
Balentes by Giovanni Columbu (Italy)
Endless Cookie by Seth Scriver and Pete Scriver (Canada)
Jinsei by Ryuya Suzuki (Japan)
Lesbian Space Princess by Emma Hough Hobbs and Leela Varghese (Australia)
Memory Hotel by Heinrich Sabl (Germany, France)
Nimuendajú by Tania Anaya (Brazil, Peru)
Olivia & the Clouds by Tomás Pichardo Espaillat (Dominican Republic)
Space Cadet by Eric San, aka Kid Koala, adapts his own graphic novel (Canada)
Tales from the Magic Garden by David Sukup, Patrik Pašš, Leon Vidmar, Jean-Claude Rozec (Czech Republic, France, Slovakia, Slovenia).
The Great History of Western Philosophy by Aria Covamonas (Mexico)
The Square by Bo-Sol Kim (South Korea)
Screening Event – sneak previews:
Animal Farm by Andy Serkis, adaptation of Animal Farm by George Orwell
Maya, Give Me Another Title by Michel Gondry (release date 18th June 2025 – The Jokers)
Falcon Express by Jean-Christian Tassy and Benoît Daffis, a new feature film by TAT Productions
The Songbird’s Secret by Antoine Lanciaux, the new film by Folimage , the studio based in Valence
Fixed by Genndy Tartakovsky, of which he presented the first look at Annecy in 2023 (worldwide release date 13th August 2025 – Netflix)
Annecy Presents
This non-competitive category launched last year, enables the general public and families to discover 13 sneak preview films:
100 Meters by Kenji Iwaisawa (Japan, USA)
Captain Sabertooth and the Countess of Grel by Yaprak Morali, Are Austnes, Rasmus A. Sivertsen (Norway)
Chickenhare and the Secret of the Groundhog by Benjamin Mousquet (Belgium, France)
Fleak by Jens Møller, Mikko Pitkänen and Luca Bruno (Finland, France, Malaysia, Poland)
I am Frankelda by Rodolfo Ambriz and Arturo Ambriz (Mexico)
Little Caribou by Barry O’Donoghue (Ireland)
Mary Anning by Marcel Barelli (Belgium, Switzerland)
My Grandfather is a Nihonjin by Célia Catunda (Brazil)
Spiked by Caroline Origer (Belgium, France, Luxembourg, United Kingdom)
Stitch Head by Steve Hudson (Germany, Luxembourg)
The Girl Who Stole Time by Ao Yu and Tienan Zhou (China)
Thelma’s Perfect Birthday by Reinis Kalnaellis (Latvia, Luxembourg)
The Quest by Máli Csaba, Pálfi Zsolt (Hungary)