Animation Is Film Festival Includes ‘The Day the Earth Blew Up’ Screening, ‘Moana 2’ Panel
The Animation Is Film Festival returns to Los Angeles for its 7th edition of theatrical presentations, special events and shorts showcases, taking place Oct. 18-20 at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
The festival’s opening night begins Friday, Oct. 18, with the North American premiere of the vibrant and musically driven feature film by critically acclaimed Japanese director Naoko Yamada (“A Silent Voice”), “The Colors Within,” from groundbreaking Japanese animation studio Science SARU and distributed in the U.S. by GKIDS. The Centerpiece on Saturday, Oct. 19, features the North American premiere of Warner Bros. Animation’s “The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie,” which TheWrap saw earlier this year at Annecy and loved. AIF closes its annual event with the Los Angeles premiere of IFC Films’ “Memoir of a Snail” from acclaimed director Adam Elliot, who won this year’s Cristal Award at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival.
Additionally, there are panels devoted to some of the year’s biggest animated features, including “The Wild Robot,” “Transformers One,” “Moana 2” and “Inside Out 2.” Plus, a special screening of David Lowery’s new animated short “An Almost Christmas Story” and a retrospective screening of genuinely insane anime classic “Redline.” It’s going to be good!
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