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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Belle, the animation film by the Japanese director Mamoru Hosoda will world premiere at the 74th Cannes Film Festival in the Cannes Premiere section. FollowingcWolf Childrenc(2012), The Boy and the Beast (2015), and Mirai (2018), it is the first official Selection for Mamoru Hosoda.
Oscar®-nominated filmmaker Erick Oh’s (Opera) animated short film Namoo (나무), is inspired by the passing of Erick’s grandfather, Namoo – which translates to “tree” in Korean – marks Oh’s most personal work to date. The theatrical version of Namoo will premiere at Tribeca Film Festival.
At the 61st Krakow Film Festival, on the June 1st, the Dragon of Dragon award will be given to Piotr Dumała, “the international master of animated film and the creator of original film techniques.” The 61st Krakow Film Festival will take place from May 30th to June 6th, 2021.
The fantasy animation horror film The Spine of Night from directors Philip Gelatt and Morgan Galen King will world premiere as part of the SXSW Midnighters section, taking place virtually next month. NY/LA-based arthouse genre sales company Yellow Veil Pictures have acquired world sales rights on the film.
