Animation Is Film festival 2021 Launches 12 competitive features and 20 total films

The Animation Is Film festival returns this year for its fourth edition, taking place Oct. 22-24, after a year-long hiatus due to the epidemic. The festival will be hosted at the TCL Chinese 6 Theatres in Hollywood, as it has been in the past, and will include a competitive lineup of the year’s top animation films, as well as other special activities.

“If you look at the schedule, you’ll see that there are titles… that have played at Sundance, Cannes, and Annecy, and the festival is an opportunity for everyone to view these films,” says Matt Kaszanek, the festival’s director. “We’re incredibly thrilled with the lineup we were able to put together this year in the weird times of 2021, so we’re enthusiastic about the program, and we hope everyone else is, too,” says the producer.

The North American premiere of Netflix’s “The Summit of the Gods,” followed by an in-person Q&A with director Patrick Imbert, starts off the festival. kids “Belle,” directed by Mamoru Hosoda, will have its West Coast premiere on Oct. 23. Hosoda will also perform an in-person Q&A after the screening. The festival will conclude on Oct. 24 with the West Coast premiere of Neon’s “Flee,” directed by Jonas Poher Rasmussen.

“We don’t have as many filmmakers traveling this year,” Kaszanek adds, “and that’s a significant part of the festival experience.” “We were able to persuade a few of directors to come out.” Otherwise, we have folks phoning in after their screenings to conduct a Skype Q&A, as well as having pre-taped intros, simply so they can interact with the L.A. audience.”

This year, Animation Is Film comprises 12 competitive features and 20 total films, as well as shorts and a behind-the-scenes look at Disney’s upcoming “Encanto,” presented in person by director Jared Bush. The festival will also hold the North American debut of Funimation’s “My Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission,” the anime franchise’s third feature film, giving fans a sneak glimpse ahead of its October 29 theatrical release in the United States.

The festival will also include Studio on the Big Screen, a collection of studio films that were not able to screen in theatres when they were initially released and will be available to the general public for the first time in Los Angeles. “Luca,” from Pixar, will be presented in person by director Enrico Casarosa and producer Andrea Warren; “The Mitchells vs. the Machines,” from Sony Pictures and Netflix, will be presented in person by producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller, as well as co-director Jeff Row; and “Vivo,” from directors Kirk DeMicco and Brandon Jeffords.

“The program is chosen based on what is currently playing.” “Everything in the lineup has been on our radar for a long time,” Kaszanek says.

Other films in this year’s competition include Florence Miailhe’s “The Crossing,” Masashi Ando and Masayuki Miyaji’s “The Deer King,” Ayumu Watanabe’s “Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko,” Haipeng Sun’s “I Am What I Am,” political cartoonist Aurel’s “Josep,” German Acua’s “Nahuel and the Magic Book,” Takayuki

“When certain themes or patterns arise spontaneously in any event,” Kaszanek adds, “it’s one of the intriguing shocks.” “While films are created by people, it’s almost as if they’re allowed to talk and engage not just with audiences but also with one another in a festival setting.” For example, in our competition area, we have films like ‘Josep,’ ‘The Crossing,’ ‘Where Is Anne Frank,’ and ‘Flee,’ all of which have something distinct to say about the issues that refugees face across the world, both historically and presently. We didn’t intend to program anything like that. “It just appeared.”

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