The 2025 Annecy International Animation Film Festival took place from 8 to 14 June 2025, in Annecy, France. Unlike previous editions, the festival opened with the world premiere of a selection of five shorts instead of a single feature-length film. These short films were: 9 Million Colours by Bára Anna; Carcassonne-Acapulco by Marjorie Caup & Olivier Heraud; La Vie avec un Idiot by Theodore Ushev; "Black" (from the anthology series Star Wars: Visions) by Shinya Ohira; and The Girl Who Cried Pearls by Chris Lavis & Maciek Sczcerbowski.
French film Arco, directed by Ugo Bienvenu, won the Cristal for Best Feature Film, while Canadian film Endless Cookie, directed by Seth Scriver and Peter Scriver, received the Contrechamp Grand Prix.
Background The year's complete Annecy International Animation Film Festival lineup was announced on 23 April 2025. Alongside the films for each section, special presentations of upcoming projects were also announced. These include works from various film studios such as Sony Pictures Animation (Tyree Dillihay's Goat), DreamWorks (Pierre Perifel's The Bad Guys 2), Paramount (Derek Drymon's The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants and Chris Miller's Smurfs), Netflix (Stranger Things animated series, Alex Woo's In Your Dreams and Raphael Bob-Waksberg series Long Story Short), Disney (Jared Bush and Byron Howard's Zootopia 2), Pixar (Madeline Sharafian and Domee Shi's Elio), Warner Bros. Animation (Smiling Friends season 3), and Rocketsheep Studio (Avid Liongoren's Zsazsa Zaturnnah).
Three recipients for the Honorary Cristal Lifetime Achievement Award were announced: American producer and animator Matt Groening, Academy Award-winning French filmmaker Michel Gondry, and English director and animator Joanna Quinn. Groening, creator of both animated sitcoms The Simpsons and Futurama, presented an exclusive screening event of the former series alongside executive producer and showrunner Matt Selman and consulting producer David Silverman, while Gondry presented his first fully-animated film Maya, Give Me a Title. Quinn dedicated her award to the Palestinian animator Haneen Koraz, who produces animations with children in the Gaza Strip.
For this year's edition, Hungarian animation was chosen to be highlighted with the screening of multiple films including the Cristal Award for Best Feature Film winners Heroic Times by József Gémes (1985) and The District! by Áron Gauder (2004). The festival's poster, designed by illustrator and animator Raman Djafari, draws inspiration from Hungarian folk art and Kalocsa embroidery, using floral motifs as well as the colors in the Hungarian flag.
Sections The films selected for each section are as follows:
Official competition Feature films English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s) A Magnificent Life Marcel et Monsieur Pagnol Sylvain Chomet France, Luxembourg, Belgium Allah Is Not Obliged Allah n'est pas obligé Zaven Najjar Belgium, Canada, France, Luxembourg Arco Ugo Bienvenu France, United Kingdom, United States ChaO Yasuhiro Aoki Japan Dandelion's Odyssey Planètes Momoko Seto Belgium, France Death Does Not Exist La mort n'existe pas Félix Dufour-Laperrière Canada, France Into the Mortal World 落凡尘 Zhong Ding China Little Amélie or the Character of Rain Amélie et la métaphysique des tubes Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han France, Belgium Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake L'Olívia i el terratrèmol invisible Irene Iborra Belgium, Chile, Spain, France The Last Blossom ホウセンカ Baku Kinoshita Japan
Contrechamp English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s) Balentes Giovanni Columbu Italy Endless Cookie Seth Scriver, Peter Scriver Canada Jinsei 無名の人生 Ryuya Suzuki Japan Lesbian Space Princess Emma Hough Hobbs, Leela Varghese Australia Memory Hotel Heinrich Sabl Germany, France Nimuendajú Tania Cristina Anaya Brazil, Peru Olivia & the Clouds Olivia & Las Nubes Tomás Pichardo Espaillat Dominican Republic Space Cadet Eric San Canada Tales from the Magic Garden David Sukup, Patrick Pašš, Leon Vidmar, Jean-Claude Rozec Czech Republic, France, Slovakia, Slovenia The Great History of Western Philosophy La gran historia de la filosofía occidental Aria Covamonas Mexico The Square 광장 Kim Bo-sol South Korea
Short films English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s) 9 Million Colours 9 milionů barev Bára Anna Czech Republic, Norway, Germany At Night Pooya Afzali Iran Atomik Tour Bruno Collet France, Czech Republic Bread Will Walk Alex Boya Canada Carcassonne-Acapulco Marjorie Caup, Olivier Heraud France Dog Ear Péter Vácz Hungary Dollhouse Elephant Jenny Jokela Finland Fusion Richard Reeves Canada Hairy Legs Andrea Dorfman Canada Hatker Alejandro Ariel Martin Argentina Il Burattino e la Balena Roberto Catani France, Italy La Vie avec un Idiot Theodore Ushev France Les Bêtes Michael Granberry United States Luna Rossa Priit Pärn, Olga Pärn Estonia, France Murmuration Zwermen Janneke Swinkels, Tim Frihsinger Netherlands, Belgium My Brother, My Brother Abdelrahman Dnewar, Saad Dnewar Egypt, France, Germany My Wonderful Life Calleen Koh Singapore Ordinary Life 普通の生活 Yoriko Mizushiri France, Japan Ovary-Acting Ida Melum Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom Sappho Safo Rosana Urbes Brazil Shadows Rand Beiruty France, Jordan Shocking Dreams in the Circus 马戏团枭雄 Sun Xun China Signal Emma Carré, Mathilde Parquet France, Belgium Sisowath Quay Quai Sisowath Stéphanie Lansaque, François Leroy France Stampfer Dreams Thomas Renoldner Austria Star Wars: Visions: "Black" Shinya Ohira Japan Sulaimani Vinnie Ann Bose France Tapeworm Alexis & the Opera Diva Thaïs Odermatt Switzerland Thank You Dr. Farsi Samaneh Shojaei Iran The Exploding Girl La fille qui explose Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel France The Girl Who Cried Pearls La jeune fille qui pleurait des perles Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski Canada The Gnawer of Rocks Mangittatuarjuk Louise Flaherty Canada The Magician Magicianul Bogdan Mureşanu Croatia, France, Romania The Night Boots Les Bottes de la nuit Pierre-Luc Granjon France The Pool or Death of a Goldfish Daria Kopiec Poland
Television Films English title Episode Director(s) Production countrie(s) An Almost Christmas Story David Lowery United States Anne Shirley Hiroshi Kawamata Japan Anselmo Wannabe "The Architect" Massimo Ottoni Italy Astérix & Obélix, le Combat des chefs "Episode 102" Alain Chabat, Fabrice Joubert France Baby Bot's Backyard Tales "Where's Billy?" Markus Vad Flaaten Spain The Big Lizard Amaël Isnard, Jeanne Meister Belgium, France, United Kingdom Christo The Civilized Barbarian "Hunting Party" Shaddy Safadi United States Common Side Effects "Episode 9" Vincent Tsui United States Devil May Cry "The First Circle" Han Cheong II United States Firsts "Junko Tabei" Bambú Orellana, Paloma Mora Chile, Spain Freaked Out "Major Decision" Théo Grosjean, Mothy Richard Belgium, France Goat Girl "I Ain't Afraid of No Goat" Krystal Georgiou, Matthieu Giner, Lauri Saunders Belgium, France, Ireland Guard Dog & Bill Plympton in Brazil "Lost in Iguazu" Cesar Cabral Brazil Il est une fois Patrick Volve France In Search of the Star Vegetable "Boris and His Drum" Loisette Ratsivahiny Madagascar, Switzerland Jeremy Super Caribou "Jeremy's Fast Delivery Service" Mathieu Auvray, Pauline Pinson France, Belgium Kiff "Kiff Is Good at Sports" Allison Craig United States Kippkopp and Tipptopp Tama Mikori Hungary Lena's Farm "Volles Nest" Elena Walf Germany Max & the Midknights "Welcome to Byjovia" David Skelly, Chris Perry United States Metallic Rouge Motonobu Hori Japan Pucio "Pucio and the Crocodile" Marta Strozycka Poland Star Wars: Tales of the Empire "Devoted" Dave Filoni United States Stories from Backwoods Leevi Lemmetty Ireland, Finland Tales from Outer Suburbia "Distant Rain" Noel Cleary, Shaun Tan Australia The Ruins of Kunlun Linglong Jiajia Huai China The Upside Down River Paul Leluc France Tiddler Andy Martin, Alex Bain United Kingdom Tiny Toot "Mushroom Magic" Maria Mac Dalland Denmark Zombie Safari "We Will Be Animals" Jerrold Chong, Joanne Lin Singapore
Commissioned Films Title Director(s) Production countrie(s) Absolute Doom Ralph Karam, Santiago Oddis United States Animateka Festival 2024: "Elephant Trailer" Jelena Dragutinović, Lene Lekše, Janja Kosi, Andreja Goetz, Brina Lekše, Urszula Domańska Slovenia Arnold Turboust: "Les Lettres de Krakovie" Antoine Dahan, Clement Delaby, Rayan Takhedmit France CNESST: "Hanging by a Thread" Dale Hayward, Pierre Dalpé Canada Desi Oon Suresh Eriyat India ENEDIS: "Les Oiseaux" Jean-Charles Kerninon, Clément Lauricella France Get Back Hyojin Mo, Moonyoung Oh South Korea Ichon: "We Must" Corentin Chauviere, Léo Soulard France Melanie Martinez: "Play Date" Clavel Gris France Moving Back Moving Up Lucile Leroy France My Algorithm Balázs Turai, Benjamin Efrati France Naïve New Beaters & Star Feminine Band: "Ye Kuo Si Kuo" Lola Lefrevre France Naruto x Oasis Matthieu Poirier France Need a Good Sleep Joseph Wallace United Kingdom Očima Franze Kafky: Mezi obrazem a jazykem Hanna Palamarchuk Czech Republic Olipop Yeti Chris Finnegan, Mark Caballero, Seamus Walsh United States Pantagruel Lucia Auge France Shadow Mario Muñoz Mexico London International Animation Festival 2024: "Show Your Working" Isolda Milenkovic United Kingdom Sis: "Bow to Your Wilderness" Danski Tang United States South of Midnight Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski Canada Starpets: "Teaser" Stéphane Berla France StopTrik Festival: "Trailer 2024" Reinhold Bidner Austria, Slovenia The Decameron: "Main Title Sequence" Katrina Crawford, Mark Bashore United States The Eclipse Laurence Arcadias, Robin Corbet United States The Rumor Is Born Moisés Arancibia Chile TED: "Three Sisters - When Ancient Wisdom Beats Modern Industry" Luisa Holanda United States 22nd Sommets du cinéma d'animation: "Trailer" Daniel Gies Canada Ubu roi Romane Tulli Houzet France Vanish: "The Bully Monster" Gabriel Nobrega, Pedro Conti Brazil Vinheta CineSesc Cesar Cabral Brazil Vladimir Komarov Junhee Lee South Korea Welcome to the City of Love FX Goby United Kingdom With Letter and Love Ana Chubinidze Georgia Wood You Believe It? Cadi Catlow United Kingdom
Off-Limits English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s) Capriccio Gábor Ulrich Hungary Coda Thor Sivertsen Norway Firewalk Pink Twins Finland Gerhard Ulu Braun Germany SKRFF Corrie Francis Parks, Daniel Nuderscher Austria The Graffiti Rakugaki Ryo Orikasa Japan The Prologue Marzieh Emadi, Sina Saadat Austria This Is Not Your Garden Este no es tu jardín Carlos Velandia Colombia Vader Ademt Juliette Pons Belgium
Perspectives English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s) All This Death Fadi Syriani Lebanon, Germany Blinded by the Lights Francis Y. Brown Ghana Bloody Mess Megan Wennberg Canada Box Tingyi Zhou, Yafei Xie, Yuanjia Huang China By the Way Nagofteh Namanad Mahboobeh Kalaee, Ali Fotoohi Iran Chronicity Kronicitet Aleta Rajič Bornia and Herzegovina Dark Orange Zahra Azadpour Iran Ancestor Dédé Yasmine Djedje-Fisher-Azoume United Kingdom Fačuk Maida Srabovic Croatia, Slovenia Goldau Roman Kälin Switzerland Ibuka, Justice Justice Rutikara Canada K'uchu: A Childhood Place K'uchu: Rincón de la infancia Alessio del Pozo Peru Psychonauts Niko Radas Croatia S the Wolf Sameh Alaa France Silent Cinema Krste Gospodinovski Macedonia, Romania Snake Soup Zack Demirtshyan Armenia The Mustached Clown Circus El circo de los payasos bigotones Ana Comes, Tomas Alzogaray Vanella, Paz Bloj Argentina
Young Audiences