The Annecy Animation Showcase, co-organized by the Marché du Film & Annecy Film Festival, is a curated selection of today’s most promising animated projects. The creative teams behind each project are invited to attend Cannes to pitch their ideas and present their concepts in front of potential sales agents, distributors and festival programmers.
Animation Day
Projects
Showcase details
Key Dates: 18 May 2025 (10:00-11:50)
Access: Marché du Film badge holders
Main Venue: Palais K (Palais des Festivals)
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Projects
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Julián
Directed by: Louise Bagnall
Produced by: Catherine Keane | Cartoon Saloon, Wychwood Media, Melusine Productions, Aircraft Pictures, Sun Creature
Country of production: Ireland, UK, Canada, Denmark, Luxembourg
Language: English
Completed in: 2026
Wide-eyed Julián spends a summer of discovery in Brooklyn with his Abuela. Nearly strangers, they brace themselves for tense conversations and new adventures. Julián explores the magic of his Caribbean heritage, Abuela’s Brooklyn neighborhood and his own assertion that he is really a mermaid!
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Sunny
Directed by: Michael Arias
Produced by: Rodney Uhler, Noriko Matsumoto, Hiroki Ito, Mie Onishi-Shimoka | GKIDS, dwarf
Country of production: Japan, USA
Language: Japanese
Completed in: 2029
In 1970s Japan, Star Kids is a foster home for children with nowhere else to go. Navigating lives of heartbreak and isolation, newcomer Sei, streetwise Haruo, scrappy Junsuke, and their ragtag friends find joy in “The Sunny”, a rusted-out vintage car sitting in the yard. The Sunny is both a clubhouse and an escape in which kids can travel anywhere their imaginations will take them.
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Ana, en passant
Directed by: Fernanda Alves Salgado
Produced by: Fernanda Alves Salgado | Apiario Creative Studio, Sardinha Em Lata
Country of production: Brazil, Portugal
Language: Portuguese, French
Completed in: 2026
After the death of her grandmother, Ana finds herself adrift in her own city, Paris. Following her clues, Ana travels to Brazil and finds Alice, her double, renting her grandmother’s old apartment. In deciphering the affective cartography of the city, its memories, and ancestral connections, Ana and Alice unravel what it means to become who they are.
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Dante
Directed by: Linda Hambäck
Produced by: Linda Hambäck | Lee Film Stockholm, Nørlum, Mikrofilm
Country of production: Sweden, Denmark, Norway
Language: Swedish
Completed in: 2026
10 million disappear and the suspect, Helge, is forced to flee and ends up in the dump, where he meets Dante the rat. In the search of the truth, two heads clash, but does friendship have a price? The search goes through trash, gold and dynamite.
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Mu Yi and the Handsome General
Directed by: Julien Chheng
Produced by: Chorok Mouaddib | Studio La Cachette, Duetto
Country of production: France
Language: French
Completed in: 2026
Mu Yi, 14, lives on a secluded mountain in China, which is forbidden to men. With her two friends, she encounters an opera troupe renowned for The Handsome General play. As she invites them to perform in her village, an angry spirit awakens. To restore balance, Mu Yi embarks on a life-changing journey through old China, uncovering the secrets of love, courage and self-made destiny.