The official website for the upcoming 48th Annecy International Animation Film Festival has revealed 12 films to compete in this year’s official selection of feature films. The lineup includes four Japanese film — Ghost Cat Anzu (French-Japanese co-production) directed by Yoko Kuno, Nobuhiro Yamashita, The Colors Within directed by Naoko Yamada, Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window directed by Shinnosuke Yakuwa, and The Imaginary by Yoshiyuki Momose.

The 2024 Annecy International Animation Film Festival Official Selection – Feature films

• Into the Wonderwoods by Vincent Paronnaud, Alexis Ducard / France, Luxembourg
• Flow by Gints Zilbalodis / Latvia, Belgium, France
• Ghost Cat Anzu by Yoko Kuno, Nobuhiro Yamashita / Japan, France
• The Colors Within by Naoko Yamada / Japan
• The Most Precious of Cargoes by Michel Hazanavicius / Belgium, France
• Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window by Shinnosuke Yakuwa / Japan
• Memoir of a Snail by Adam Elliot / Australia
• Rock Bottom by María Trénor / Spain, Poland
• Sauvages by Claude Barras / Switzerland, France, Belgium
• A Boat in the Garden by Jean-François Laguionie / Luxembourg, France
• The Imaginary by Yoshiyuki Momose / Japan
• The Storm by Busifan / China

Other Japan-related nominees include:

• Kawauso by Akihito Izuhara in Short Films
• The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe by Goh Koga in Feature Film Contrechamp
• My Inner Ear Quartet by Koji Yamamura in VR Works
• Pokemon Concierge “Episode 2: What’s on Your Mind” by Iku Ogawa in TV films
• Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead “Akira of the Dead” by Kazuki Kawagoe in TV films
• Return by Lindong Chen in Graduation films
• Yapolaponky by Masataka Kihara in Graduation films

Additionally, the festival will launch a non-competitive section this year in order to host high-profile films’ premieres. In its Annecy Present section, Give It All by Yuhei Sakuragi, Detective Conan: The Million-Dollar Pentagram by Chika Nagaoka, and Sand Land by Yoshihisa Yokoshima, will be screened.

The 48th Annecy International Animation Film Festival is scheduled to run from June 9 to 15, 2024.