Animated Features

‘Animation Is Film’ Announces 2025 Winners
ANIMATION IS FILM (AIF) today announced the winners of its 8th annual festival, with AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN, directed by Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han, receiving the festival’s top honor, the Grand Jury Prize.
GKids Presents Its Most Competitive Lineup To Date For Annecy 2025

GKids Presents Its Most Competitive Lineup To Date For Annecy 2025

Haylie Baker|
June 14th, 2025
Just yesterday, June 13th, GKIDS made its own history at the 2025 Annecy International Animation Film Festival in Annecy, France, with 4 new titles, 3 co-produced titles, and a 4K restoration for a 40th anniversary of Angel’s Egg. The North American studio known for elevating bold and talented artists brought its A-game for Annecy, upholding […]
TRAILER: Annecy 2025 Selection “Little Amélie Or The Character of Rain” Acquired By GKIDS

TRAILER: Annecy 2025 Selection “Little Amélie Or The Character of Rain” Acquired By GKIDS

Haylie Baker|
June 5th, 2025
As of today, June 5, 2025 GKIDS announced that it had obtained all North American rights to Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (Amélie et la Métaphysique des tubes), recently premiered as an official selection at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival in the Special Screenings section. Rodney Uhler of GKIDS and Jason Bressand of […]

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TRAILER: Annecy 2025 Selection “Into The Wonderwoods “ Debuts June 24th

Releasing this June, Into the Wonderwoods tells the tale of Angelo, a 10-year-old boy who ventures into an otherworldly woods in hopes of reuniting with his family. This upcoming animated feature from Shout! Studios and renowned filmmakers Vincent Paronnaud and Alexis Ducord will soon be available on digital platforms.
Haylie Baker|May 23, 2025
TRAILER: Annecy 2025 Selection “Into The Wonderwoods “ Debuts June 24th

TRAILER: Annecy 2025 Selection “My Grandfather Is a Nijonjin” Unveils First Look

On May 15th, 2025, the acclaimed Brazilian animation studio Pinguim Content released the trailer for My Grandfather Is a Nijonjin, their upcoming animated feature that is set to appear in the Annecy Presents category at the 2025 Annecy Festival. In preparation for the exciting event, My Grandfather Is a Nijonjin had an early screening at the […]
Haylie Baker|May 22, 2025
TRAILER: Annecy 2025 Selection “My Grandfather Is a Nijonjin” Unveils First Look

“The Wild Robot” and “Flow” Take Best Feature honors at Annie Awards: “Arcane” Sweeps TV Awards

Dreamworks’ The Wild Robot, won Best Feature, along with eight more categories at the 52nd Annie Awards celebration Saturday night on the campus of UCLA. In addition to Best Feature, The Wild Robot  also took home an Annie for Best FX- Feature (Derek Cheung, Michael Losure, David Chow, Nyoung Kim, Steve Avoujageli), Best Character Animation […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|February 9, 2025
“The Wild Robot” and “Flow” Take Best Feature honors at Annie Awards: “Arcane” Sweeps TV Awards

TRAILER: “Plankton: The Movie”

This morning Netflix has debut the trailer, poster and new images for Plankton: The Movie, the latest movie in the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise – coming exclusively to Netflix on March 7th. Here’s our first look:
Avatar photoJerry Beck|February 4, 2025
TRAILER: “Plankton: The Movie”

INTERVIEW: David Lowery Presents “An Almost Christmas Story”

David Lowery (director of Pete’s Dragon and Peter Pan & Wendy for Disney) helms the new animated holiday short film An Almost Christmas Story, which premieres this Friday Nov. 15 on Disney+. It’s about an owl named Moon who forms a unique friendship with a girl named Luna in The Big Apple. Lowery shares what […]
Avatar photoJackson Murphy|November 13, 2024
INTERVIEW: David Lowery Presents “An Almost Christmas Story”

NY COMIC CON: More “Rick And Morty” Announced At NYCC

On Thursday, I attended a very lively New York Comic Con 2024 panel featuring the executive producers and voice talent of Adult Swim’s long-running animated comedy series Rick and Morty. During the presentation, moderated by Collider’s Perri Nemiroff, executive producer Dan Harmon announced that there will be two additional seasons, No. 11 and No. 12. […]
Avatar photoJackson Murphy|October 18, 2024
NY COMIC CON: More “Rick And Morty” Announced At NYCC

‘Animation Is Film’ Announces 2025 Winners

ANIMATION IS FILM (AIF) today announced the winners of its 8th annual festival, with AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN, directed by Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han, receiving the festival’s top honor, the Grand Jury Prize.