The second Animation Is Film festival in Los Angeles will open with the North American premiere of Mamoru Hosoda’s Miraion October 19, part of a four-film retrospective of the director’s work at the event, which also unveiled some of its competition films Wednesday. The fest, produced by Gkids in partnership with Annecy International Animation Film Festival, runs October 19-21 at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
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source: extraimage.infoMirai, written and directed by Hosada hailing from Japan’s Studio Chizu, is being released theatrically by Gkids on November 30 in both the original Japanese and an English-dubbed version after it premiered this year in the Directors’ Fortnight section at the Cannes Film Festival. Hosada will attend the festival.
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source: extraimage.infoThe fest will feature more than 30 animated feature films from Asia, Europe, South America and North America, with juried and audience prizes. Also on tap: special footage from Disney’s Ralph Breaks the Internet and Sony’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
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source: extraimage.infoHere is the competition lineup:
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source: extraimage.infoANOTHER DAY OF LIFE (USA Premiere)Poland/Spain
source: extraimage.infoDirs: Raul de la Fuente, Damian Nenow
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source: extraimage.infoBUNUEL IN THE LABYRINTH OF THE TURTLES (World Premiere)Spain
source: extraimage.infoDir: Salvador SimoFUNANBelgium/France/Cambodia (North American Premiere)
source: extraimage.infoDir: Denis DoI WANT TO EAT YOUR PANCREAS (North American Premiere)Japan
source: extraimage.infoDir: Shin’ichiro UshijimaMIRAI (OPENING NIGHT FILM – North American Premiere)Japan
source: extraimage.infoDir: Mamoru HosodaOKKO’S INN (North American Premiere)Japan
source: extraimage.infoDir: Kitaro Kosaka PACHAMAMA (World Premiere)Argentina/France
source: extraimage.infoDir: Juan AntinPENGUIN HIGHWAY (Los Angeles Premiere)Japan
source: extraimage.infoDir: Hiroyasu IshidaRUBEN BRANDT, COLLECTORHungary
source: extraimage.infoDir: Milorad KrsticSEDER-MASOCHISM (Los Angeles Premiere)USA
source: extraimage.infoDir: Nina Paley
source: extraimage.infoTITO AND THE BIRDS (USA Premiere)Brazil
source: extraimage.infoDirs: Gabriel Bitar, Andre Catoto, Gustavo Steinberg