Official selection 2025

The Festival press conference, organised by the CNC, has just ended. Mickaël Marin, CEO of CITIA, and Marcel Jean, Artistic Director, presented the Official Selection, Screening Events, the new features for 2025 and other highlights of this year’s progamme, which will be held from 8th to 14th June.

‘The Magnificent Life of Marcel Pagnol,’ ‘Into the Mortal World,’ ‘Death Does Not Exist’ SonyPicturesClassics,BestFriendsForever/Winsing Animation

It unveiled its official program with a line-up that includes features from some 20 countries across Europe, Asia and the Americas and a range of styles, from the big-budget 3D computer animated feature Into the Mortal World from Chinese director Zhong Ding; to the hand-drawn title Balentes by Italian filmmaker Giovanni Columbu, and the digital cut out animation of Mexican filmmaker Aria Covamonas: The Great History of Western Philosophy.

Among the many delights awaiting visitors, the 2025 edition introduces a new short film program, Midnight Shorts, as a complement to the Midnight Specials screenings which focus on weird and wonderful films.9 animation shorts in the Off-Limits festival section and 10 animation films for young audiences in the corresponding section (including the sweet ‘Capybaras’ by Alfredo Soderguit).

For full details about the Annecy Festival 2025 official selection, please check:

https://www.annecyfestival.com/en/the-festival/official-selection/competition/2025/official