What feature films I expected will be at the Animation is Film Festival 2021
by AlexHartsell | created - 16 Jun 2021 | updated - 09 Aug 2021 | PublicFestival will be on October 22-24.
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1. Belle (2021)
PG | 121 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Suzu is a shy high school student living in a rural village. For years, she has only been a shadow of herself. But when she enters "U", a massive virtual world, she escapes into her online persona as Belle, a globally-beloved singer.
Director: Mamoru Hosoda | Stars: Kaho Nakamura, Ryo Narita, Shôta Sometani, Tina Tamashiro
Votes: 17,089
2. Flee (2021)
PG-13 | 89 min | Documentary, Animation, Biography
FLEE tells the extraordinary true story of a man, Amin, on the verge of marriage which compels him to reveal his hidden past for the first time.
Director: Jonas Poher Rasmussen | Stars: Daniel Karimyar, Fardin Mijdzadeh, Milad Eskandari, Belal Faiz
Votes: 19,498
3. Encanto (2021)
PG | 102 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
A Colombian teenage girl has to face the frustration of being the only member of her family without magical powers.
Directors: Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Charise Castro Smith | Stars: Stephanie Beatriz, María Cecilia Botero, John Leguizamo, Mauro Castillo
Votes: 262,023 | Gross: $96.09M
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4. Unicorn Wars (2022)
13+ | 92 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
War-hungry teddy bears journey from bootcamp to the psychedelic terrors of the Magic Forest in this darkly beautiful horror animation.
Director: Alberto Vázquez | Stars: Jon Goiri, Jaione Insausti, Ramón Barea, Txema Regalado
Votes: 2,114
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5. The Magnificent Life of Marcel Pagnol
Animation, Biography | Filming
It follows the life of Pagnol, a playwright, novelist, and filmmaker who grew up in a middle-class household in Marseille and became one of the world's most inventive and prolific artists from the 1930's to the 1950's.
Director: Sylvain Chomet | Star: Noa Staes
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6. Perlimps (2022)
TV-PG | 75 min | Animation
Claé and Bruó, two secret agents working for enemy kingdoms, who are dispatched to the Enchanted Forest. They finally discovered they're on the same mission: To save the Perlimps from the terrible Giants that have surrounded the Forest.
Director: Alê Abreu | Stars: Lorenzo Tarantelli, Giulia Benite, Stênio Garcia, Nill Marcondes
Votes: 171
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7. A Costume for Nicholas (2020)
80 min | Animation
Nicolás is a 10-year-old boy with Down syndrome. Every year, his mother made him a disguise. He was a monkey, a brave pirate, a dragon giant. Unfortunately, his mother dies and Nicolás goes... See full summary »
Director: Eduardo Rivero | Stars: Paty Cantú, Stephanie Dussine, Fran Fernández, Cristina Hernandez
Votes: 268
8. Jiang Ziya (2020)
TV-PG | 110 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Banished to the mortal world, a warrior has to slay a demon to return to the heavenly realm and become a god.
Directors: Teng Cheng, Li Wei | Stars: Guanlin Ji, Guangtao Jiang, Lu Li, Yan Meme
Votes: 2,240 | Gross: $0.21M
9. Little Vampire (2020)
85 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
A friendship forms between a never-aging 10-year-old vampire and an orphan schoolboy, but a moon headed monster throws obstacles in their paths.
Director: Joann Sfar | Stars: Camille Cottin, Louise Lacoste, Jean-Paul Rouve, Claire de la Rüe du Can
Votes: 533
10. Nahuel and the Magic Book (2020)
98 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Nahuel is a curious boy who has a fear of the sea. One day, he come across a mysterious book that seems to be the solution of his trouble. What he doesn't know is the book is really magical and Kalku, an ambitious warlock, is after it.
Director: German Acuña | Stars: Consuelo Pizarro, Marcelo Liapiz, Muriel Benavides, Vanesa Silva
Votes: 370
11. The Deer King (2021)
R | 113 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The last survivor of a band of warriors is enslaved in a salt mine. One night, savage dogs attack and a mysterious disease wipes out everyone at the mine. The warrior escapes with a little girl, while a gifted physician looks for a cure.
Directors: Masashi Andô, Masayuki Miyaji | Stars: Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Ryoma Takeuchi, Anne Watanabe, Hisui Kimura
Votes: 939
12. Where Is Anne Frank (2021)
99 min | Animation, Drama, Family
Kitty, the imaginary girl who Anne Frank wrote to in her 1940s diary during WWII, seeks out the deceased diarist while also inspiring a wave of modern social justice for refugees.
Director: Ari Folman | Stars: Emily Carey, Ruby Stokes, Sebastian Croft, Michael Maloney
Votes: 1,704
13. The Summit of the Gods (2021)
PG | 95 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
A photojournalist's obsessive quest for the truth about the first expedition to Mt. Everest leads him to search for an esteemed climber who went missing.
Director: Patrick Imbert | Stars: Lazare Herson-Macarel, Eric Herson-Macarel, Damien Boisseau, Elisabeth Ventura
Votes: 8,697
14. Charlotte (III) (2021)
Not Rated | 92 min | Animation, Biography, Drama
An account of German-Jewish artist Charlotte Salomon's life in the south of France between 1941 and 1943, before she was sent to Auschwitz during World War II. Inspired by her memoir "Life? or Theatre?".
Directors: Tahir Rana, Éric Warin | Stars: Keira Knightley, Marion Cotillard, Brenda Blethyn, Jim Broadbent
Votes: 475
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