The 2026 Annecy International Animation Film Festival took place from 21 to 27 June 2026, in Annecy, France. Pierre Coffin's American animated comedy film Minions & Monsters served as the opening film for the festival.
The international co-production The Violinist, directed by Ervin Han and Raúl García, won the Cristal Award for Best Film, while French film Blaise, directed by Dimitri Planchon and Jean-Paul Guigue, won the Contrechamp Grand Prix.
Background The complete Annecy International Animation Film Festival lineup was announced on 28 April 2026. Alongside the films for each section, special presentations of upcoming projects were also announced. These include works from various film studios such as: Illumination with Minions & Monsters as the festival's opening film; Pixar with the presentation of a behind-the-scenes look of Enrico Casarosa's Gatto; Netflix with a special presentation of Brad Bird's Ray Gunn, a preview of Ben Hibon and Elliot Kalan's Ghostbusters series, and a sneak peek of the series Alley Cats alongside a masterclass from creator and voice cast member Ricky Gervais; Laika with a sneak peek of Travis Knight's Wildwood; Walt Disney Animation Studios with the presentation of previously unseen footage of Hexed, directed by Fawn Veerasunthorn, Jason Hand and Josie Trinidad, along with the premiere of Lilo & Stitch short film Lilo & Scratch, directed by Veerasunthorn and Malcon Pierce; Warner Bros. Animation with Jeff Wamester's Batman: Knightfall Part 1: Knightfall.
Two recipients for the Honorary Cristal Lifetime Achievement Award were announced: American animator, director and writer Mike Judge and American stop-motion animators and filmmaking duo Brothers Quay. Judge, creator of the series King of the Hill presented a preview of the upcoming 15th season of the series alongside co-creator Greg Daniels and showrunner Saladin K. Patterson. Both recipients of the award also gave masterclasses during the festival. The official poster for the festival was designed by Canadian visual artist Randall Finnerty and features different animals and native birds from the Haute-Savoie region gathering in a spiral.
Official Competition Feature films The following films were selected to be screened: English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s) Decorado Alberto Vázquez Spain In Waves Phuong Mai Nguyen France, Belgium Iron Boy Le Corset Louis Clichy Lucy Lost Lucy perdue Olivier Clert France Nobody 浪浪山小妖怪 Shui Yu China The Sunrise File Rupert Wyatt, Émilie Phuong France, Luxembourg Tana Ji Zhao, Ke Er Zhu China Tangles Leah Nelson Canada, United States The Violinist La Violoniste Ervin Han, Raúl García Singapore, Spain, Italy Viva Carmen Carmen, l'Oiseau Rebel Sébastien Laudenbach France We Are Aliens 我々は宇宙人 Kohei Kadowaki Japan, France
Contrechamp The following films were selected to be screened: English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s) 58th Carl Joseph Papa Philippines Blaise Dimitri Planchon, Jean-Paul Guigue France Muyi Muyi, la légende du village des femmes Julien Chheng France A New Dawn 花緑青が明ける日に Yoshitoshi Shinomiya Japan, France The Obsessed トリツカレ男 Wataru Takahashi Japan The Orbit of Minor Satellites Christopher Sullivan Peleliu: Guernica of Paradise ペリリュー -楽園のゲルニカ- Gorō Kuji The Son of a Bitch O filho da puta Érica Maradona, Otto Guerra, Tania Anaya, Sávio Leite Brazil Spacetime Chronicles Stefano Bertelli Italy Welcome to Dolly's House Seven Ych, Rady Fu, Tree Muta Taiwan Winnipeg, the Seed of Hope Winnipeg, el barco de la esperanza Beñat Beitia, Elio Quiroga Spain, Chile, Argentina
Short films The following short films were selected to be screened: English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s) How to Walk Zak Margolis United States Blessed Birute Sodeikaite Canada The Quinta's Ghost El fantasma de la quinta James A. Castillo Spain What We Leave Behind Ce qu'on laisse derrière Jean-Sébastien Hamel, Alexandra Myotte Canada God is Shy Dieu est timide Jocelyn Charles France Motherhood Anca Damian Belgium, France, Romania Hag Anna Ginsburg United Kingdom The Spring Sea 春の海 Kōji Yamamura Japan Winter in March Lumi saadab meid Natalia Mirzoyan Armenia, Belgium, Estonia, France Water Girl Fille de l'eau Sandra Demazières France, Netherlands, Portugal Paper Trail Don Hertzfeldt United States The Little White Queen La Petite Reine blanche Théo Hanosset, Mathieu Georis Belgium, France Cosmonauts Leo Černic Slovenia, Italy Ultra Strong Ultra forte Catherine Lepage Canada The Picture of Dorian Gray Georges Schwizgebel Switzerland The Berry Picker De Bramenplukker Pieter Coudyzer Belgium Creation Alkotás Béla Klingl Hungary Virgem Fandango Marcy Page Canada, Portugal Daughters of the Late Colonel Elizabeth Hobbs United Kingdom, Germany Cartoon Physics Ru Kuwahata, Max Porter France, Netherlands, Switzerland Adgwa-Ata Zsuzsanna Kreif Hungary, France Please Anna Mantzaris Sweden, France, Czechia, Norway, Finland Two Ice Creams Please Jasmine Elsen Belgium Balconada Балконада Iva Tokmakchieva France, Belgium When the Sea was Calm Mamuka Tkeshelashvili Georgia My Bellyaching Skin Les Pelures d'estomac Etienne Bonnet France Uka-Uka Henri Veermäe Estonia Night Song Canción de noche Karla Castañeda Mexico Lake Messejana Lagoa do abandono Diego Maia Brazil Penguin Pingviin Kaspar Jancis Estonia, France Black Box Anton Dyakov France, Norway Danse macabre Hisko Hulsing Netherlands, France, Belgium, Hungary To the Woods Une fugue Agnès Patron France Invisible Harvests Stephanie Dudley Canada
Television The following productions were selected to be screened: English title Episode Director(s) Production countrie(s) SpongeBob SquarePants "Go Fetch!" Adam Paloian United States Christmas in the Boonies Mikki Mägi Estonia Wolly Wolly "The New Kid" Emmanuel Linderer France, Canada The Great Dreamscape Rémi Durin Belgium, France Chip Joins a Cult Maddie Brewer United States Dino Does It Wrong? Danna Galeano Canada, Colombia, Egypt Il Baracchino Nicolò Cuccì, Salvo Di Paola Italy The Chosen One Yong Yang China Candy Caries Tomoki Misato Japan The Doomies "Night of the Fishing Dead" Andrés Fernandez France Takopi's Original Sin Shinya Iino Japan Pol the Pirate Mouse "Cave Monster" Bouwine Pool Netherlands Ling Cage Xiangbo Dong China Doggie and Pussycat Barbora Dlouhá Czechia Ewilan's Quest "On the Road" Fabien Daphy, Eve Ceccarelli-Moing, Justine Mettler France, Belgium Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia Naoko Yamada, Abel Góngora Japan The Broos David Mirailles France Blooming Wanders Inès Bernard-Espina, Mélody Boulissière, Clémentine Campos France Puissances noires Cécile Bonneau France Max & Bunny Clément Céard France Song of the Storms Caroline Attia France, Belgium YaYa's Band Chun-Chien Lien, Pohan Lee Taiwan Love, Death + Robots "How Zeke Got Religion" Diego Porral United States Sparks of Tomorrow "Episode 1" Minoru Ōta Japan Wuthering Hearts Laura Jayne Hodkin United Kingdom, United States Long Story Short "Shira Can't Cook" Jack Shih, Katie Rice, Ryan Quincy United States My Brother the Minotaur "Episode 10" Maurice Joyce Ireland, United States Not a Box "It's a Boat" Siri Melchior United Kingdom, United States Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord "Chapter 9: Strange Allies" Brad Rau United States
Commissioned Films Title Director(s) Production countrie(s) The Magic Palm Theatre – Feinaki Beijing Animation Week 2025 Lei Lei China Snoop Dogg featuring Jelly Roll: "Last Dance with Mary Jane" Dave Meyers, Ravach Kelzang, Marion Castéra United States, France You Are an Idiot Inari Sirola Sweden, United Kingdom Design and Animation School Natia Nikolashvili Georgia How Smart are Crows Irida Zhonga Greece, United States Siamés: "The Phoenix" Mary Yanko, Marlène Ciampossin France Oberka: "Wildbait" Lee Oz, Eliška Oz Czechia Detention's Ripple Effect: Why Inhumanity Breeds Hatred Ahmad Mohammad Nady Egypt 16th Anibar International Animation Festival Trailer: "WTF?!" Joni Männistö Finland Wonder Studios Ident Stefan Falconer, Mathieu Durand United Kingdom A$AP Rocky: "Helicopter" Daniel Streit United States Odezenne: "Aïe aïe aïe" Vladimir Mavounia-Kouka France El Cuarteto de Nos: "En el cuarto de Nico" Julia Conde Argentina Unloved Illogic Studio, Victor Caire, Lucas Navarro, Théophile Dufresne France Ricoré Victor Haegelin France Here's to 100 Years of Circuit Breakers Alan Smith, Adam Foulkes France, Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom La Ride Partie 2 Edern van Hille France Friss Kakas Animation Film Days Spot Máté Horesnyi Hungary Christmas Legend Quentin Fachon, François Hogue Canada Equity in the Workplace: The Experiences of Black Irish Women in Academia and Teaching Profession Sandra Vivas Dominica, Ireland, Venezuela Cœur Vert Nez Rouge Fabienne Le Loher, Juliette Hamon Damourette France Eco Beat Eva Bienert, Max Mörtl Austria, Germany La Petite Robe noire: le Parfum Elsa Snakers France Teleton Changes Everything Mario Muñoz Mexico Spot MONSTRA 2025 Vasco Casula Portugal Little Nightmares: Broken Promises Sofia Carrillo, Juan J. Medina France, Mexico Flea featuring Thom Yorke: "Traffic Lights" Nespy 5Euro Mexico, Italy, United States Future Islands: "The Moon is Blue" Wandrille Mauroury France Pune Design Festival 2026 Nijin Nazeem India Devil May Cry: "Opening Credits" Arthur Chaumay, Simon Duong van Huyen France Anima Festival Trailer 2025 Raman Djafari Germany Arrigo Barnabé: "Clara Crocodilo, 1980" Samuel Mariani, Camila Kater Brazil Paul Kalkbrenner: "Cronitis Boy" Raman Djafari Germany Reply 2 H8 Simón Wilches-Castro United States The Notebook Aghil Hosseinian, Sogol Sanagoo Iran
Off-Limits English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s) XYZ Alexandre Alagôa Portugal Core Dump Alona Rodeh Germany Evacuations Lilli Carré United States The Stars Watch from Long Ago Stacey Steers United States From Apple to Egg Ab mala usque ab ovo Nadiia Pliamko Estonia Symbionts Quirjin Dees Switzerland Merrimundi Niles Atallah Chile Adage Jack Barrett United Kingdom
Perspectives English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s) The Comet La Comète Julie Charette Canada Rest Ryotaro Miyajima Japan The Travails of Ajadi Adetunji Adeoye Nigeria Misophonia Michelle Gruppetta Malta Decay Decaer Juan Camilo González Colombia Paper Daughter Cami Kwan United States City of Roses Cidade das rosas Siso Barros, Barca Bogante Brazil Acid City Jack Wedge, Will Freudenheim United States Once in a Body Una vez en un cuerpo María Cristina Pérez González Colombia, United States That Night Hoda Sobhani Iran, United States Bucketman Yakata Kanata Japan Because Today is Saturday Porque hoje é sábado Alice Eça Guimarães Brazil Entelechy Entelequía Marcos Sánchez Chile Three Paraih Cats Tres gatos parias Iván Sierra Colombia Hold It Together Sundruð Fan Sissoko Iceland, France, Belgium Chance Pooya Afzali Iran The Boa Woman La mujer boa Stephanie Boyd, Miguel Araoz Cartagena Peru
Young Audiences English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s) On the Matt Outside My Door Vor meiner Tür auf einer Matte Antje Heyn Germany Aller & Retour Lucia Bulgheroni, Michele Greco Italy Grounded Chris Callus New Zealand Piccolo Piccolo Marta Gennari France, Switzerland Cloud Fish Poisson nuage Noé Garcia France, Belgium Bats & Bugs Lena von Döhren Switzerland Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe! En, ten, týky! Andrea Szelosová Slovakia, Czechia Into the Forest Vers la forêt Antonin Niclass Switzerland Cosmonaut Cosmonaute Zoltán Horváth Switzetland A Dog's Life Hondenleven Sophie Olga de Jong, Sytake Kok Netherlands
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