Animation | Anime

Eddie Alcazar’s Animated Short THE VANDAL Starring Bill Duke Featured on The New Yorker’s Screening Room [Trailer]

The Vandal directed by Eddie Alcazar (screenshot via Youtube)

The New Yorker Studios will release the animated short film “The Vandal” on Monday, December 13th on The New Yorker’s digital platforms. The film is a stunning technical feat, executive produced by Darren Aronofsky; directed by award-winning filmmaker Eddie Alcazar; starring Bill Duke, Baadja-Lyne Odums, Harry Goaz, Maurice Compte, Thomas Hildreth, and Abbey Lee; and scored by Oscar-nominated filmmaker and composer Kris Bowers. “The Vandal” débuted in July at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight and had its North American première at the Telluride Film Festival.

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Brazilian Animated Film BOB SPIT – WE DO NOT LIKE PEOPLE Sets US Release Date [Trailer]

Bob Spit – We Do Not Like People (Bob Cuspe – Nós Não Gostamos de Gente)

Outsider Pictures will release in U.S. theaters, Bob Spit – We Do Not Like People (Bob Cuspe – Nós Não Gostamos de Gente), the stop-motion animation directed by Cesar Cabral that ingeniously mixes documentary, comedy and road-movie. Winner of the Best Feature Award in the Contrechamp competition at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival and the Grand Prize for Animated Feature at the Ottawa International Animation Festival, the Brazilian film opens on Wednesday, December 15 at the Laemmle NoHo 7 in Los Angeles.

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Japanese Animation Film POUPELLE OF CHIMNEY TOWN to be Released in US

Poupelle of Chimney Town

Eleven Arts will release the breathtakingly beautiful and moving feature-length animated film Poupelle of Chimney Town in cinemas nationwide starting December 30, 2021.

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FLEE Selected as Danish Oscar Entry for Best International Feature Film

Flee by Jonas Poher Rasmussen

Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s ‘Flee’ which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival has been selected as Denmark’s contender in the International Feature Film category for the 2022 Academy Awards. The animated documentary film will be released in the US on December 3.

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Illumination’s SING 2 World Premieres at AFI FEST 2021

SING 2 – courtesy Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures

SING 2, the new animated feature film written and directed by Garth Jennings will World Premiere at AFI FEST 2021 as a Red Carpet Premiere. The film will screen in-person at the historic TCL Chinese Theatre on Sunday, November 14 and open in theaters on December 22, 2021.

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Japanese Animated Sci-fantasy BELLE by Mamoru Hosoda Sets 2022 Release Date

Belle directed by Mamoru Hosoda

GKIDS will bring Belle, the Japanese animated science fantasy film from Oscar®-nominated filmmaker Mamoru Hosoda and Japan’s Studio Chizu to cinemas nationwide starting January 14. From the celebrated Academy Award®-nominated director Mamoru Hosoda and Studio Chizu, creators of Mirai, Wolf Children, Summer Wars, and more, comes a fantastical, heartfelt story of growing up in the age of social media.

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Watch Green Band + Red Band Trailers For THE SPINE OF NIGHT, Fantasy Animation Horror Flick Starring Joe Manganiello

Joe Manganiello as Mongrel in THE SPINE OF NIGHT

The green band and red band trailers are here for The Spine of Night, the fantasy animation horror film starring Richard E. Grant, Lucy Lawless, Patton Oswalt, Betty Gabriel and Joe Manganiello.

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Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train Wins 2020 Highest-Grossing Asian Film Award

Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train

The Asian Film Awards Academy (AFA Academy) announced that Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train will receive the AFA Academy’s 2020 Highest-Grossing Asian Film Award.

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Netflix’s ‘The Summit Of The Gods’ to Kick Off Animation Is Film Festival 2021 Slate

The Summit of the Gods (Le Sommet des Dieux)

The North American premiere of the Netflix feature, The Summit Of The Gods will kick off the fourth edition of Animation Is Film (AIF) which takes place in-person October 22-24 at the TCL Chinese 6 Theatres in Hollywood.

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Netflix will Release Cannes Animated Film ‘The Summit Of The Gods’

The Summit of the Gods (Le Sommet des Dieux)

Netflix will release the animated feature film The Summit of the Gods (Le Sommet des Dieux), based on Jiro Taniguchi’s and Baku Yumemakura’s best selling manga.

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FLEE Trailer. Riz Ahmed and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Exec Produce the Sundance Winning Animated Documentary

Flee by Jonas Poher Rasmussen, an official selection of the World Cinema Documentary Competition at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute.

Neon released the official trailer for Sundance Grand Jury Prize winning animated documentary film Flee directed by Jonas Poher Rasmussen. Actors Riz Ahmed and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau executive produce and narrate an English-language version of the film.

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CRYPTOZOO Trailer. Lake Bell, Zoe Kazan, Michael Cera Star in Dash Shaw’s Fantastically Animated Film

Cryptozoo directed by Dash Shaw

Magnolia Pictures released the official trailer for Cryptozoo, the fantastically animated feature film from visionary comic book writer/artist/filmmaker Dash Shaw that premiered at Sundance Film Festival. The film opens everywhere on August 20, 2021.

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