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CHARADES is a big awards player, they financed both Memoir of a Snail and Flow, so their support here definitely gives this movie more heft as a Best Animated Feature contender

Neon has landed North American rights to Bong Joon Ho‘s first animated film, “Ally.” The acquisition reunites Bong with the company that backed his Oscar-winning dark comedy “Parasite.”

“Ally,” which has been in development since 2019, is expected to debut theatrically in 2027. In addition to directing, Bong co-wrote “Ally” with Jason Yu (“Sleep”).

Described as a “family adventure blending humor and emotion,” the story follows a curious and endearing piglet squid who is living in the uncharted depths of the South Pacific Ocean. She dreams of one day seeing the sun and becoming the star of a wildlife documentary. When a mysterious aircraft sinks into the ocean, though, her peaceful world is suddenly thrown into danger. Per the official logline, the film is “inspired by remarkable real-life marine creatures” and “explores themes of friendship and courage, as encounters between humans and the creatures of the deep reshape both worlds.”

Zoe Saldaña, who won an Oscar with “Emilia Pérez,” her sisters Cisely and Mariel Saldaña and their production company Cinestar Pictures have joined forces with five-time Academy Award nominated studio Cartoon Saloon, Melusine Studio, Aircraft Pictures and Sun Creature on the animated feature “Julián,” which is set to have its world premiere at the Annecy Festival this June. The Saldañas will also serve as executive producers on the film.

Full 2026 Annecy Lineup

 

Competition

 

Viva Carmen!, dir. Sébastien Laudenbach, (France)
Iron Boy, dir. Louis Clichy, (France, Belgium)
Decorado, dir. Alberto Vázquez, (Spain)
The Sunrise File, dir. Rupert Wyatt, Émilie Phuong, (France, Luxembourg)
In Waves, dir. Phuong Mai Nguyen, (France, Belgium)
Lucy Lost, dir. Olivier Clert, (France)
Nobody, dir. Shui Yu, (China)
Tana, dir. Ji Zhao, Ke Er Zhu, (China)
Tangles, dir. Leah Nelson, (Canada, USA)
The Violonist, dir. Ervin Han, Raúl García, (Singapore, Spain, Italy)
We Are Aliens, dir. Kohei Kadowaki, (Japan, France)

 

Contrechamp

 

58th, dir. Carl Joseph Papa, (Philippines)
A New Dawn, dir. Yoshitoshi Shinomiya, (Japan, France)
Blaise, dir. Dimitri Planchon, Jean-Paul Guigue, (France)
O filho da puta, dir. Érica Maradona, Otto Guerra, Tania Anaya, Sávio Leite, (Brazil)
Muyi, dir. Julien Chheng, (France)
Pelelui: Guernica of Paradise, dir. Goro Kuji, (Japan)
The Orbit of Minor Satellites, dir. Christopher Sullivan, (Japan)
Spacetime Chronicles, dir. Stefano Bertelli, (Italy)
The Obsessed, dir. Wataru Takahashi, (Japan)
Winnipeg, Seeds of Hope, dir. Beñat Beitia, Elio Quiroga, (Spain, Chile, Argentina)
Welcome to Dolly’s House, dir. Seven Ych, Rady Fu, Tree Muta, (Taiwan)

Works in Progress

A Gwei, dir. Hui Yi, (China)
Baahubali: The Eternal War, dir. Ishan Shukla, (India)
Desechable, dir. Carlos Gómez Salamanca, (Colombia, Spain)
Igi, dir. Natia Nikolashvili, (Georgia, Greece)
Killtube, dir. Kazuaki Kuribayashi, (Japan)
The Wolf, dir. Benjamin Massoubre, Fursy Teyssier, (France, Luxembourg)
Le Projet Shiatsung, dir. Brigitte Archambault, (Canada)
Monkey Quest, dir. David N. Weiss, (Japan, USA)
Ogresse, dir. Cécile McLorin Salvant, (Belgium, Canada, Switzerland, USA)
Snoopy Unleashed, dir. Steve Martino, (Canada, United Kingdom)
Steps, dir. Alyce Tzue, John Ripa, (USA)
Séraphine, dir. Sarah Van Den Boom, (France, Luxembourg, Switzerland)
Astro Boy Reboot, dir. Nicolas Hess, (France, Germany, Japan)
Cars: Lightening Racers, dir. Nathan Chew, Travis Braun, Frank Montagna, (USA)
Common Side Effects, dir. Benjy Brooke, (USA)
Hide and Seek, dir. Fabienne Giezendanner, (Switzerland, France)

 

Midnight Specials

 

Company Sports Day, dir. Yong-Seon Lee, (South Korea)
Gregor, dir. Manu Gomez, (Belgium, France)
Sekiro: No Defeat, dir. Kenichi Kutsuna, (Japan)
Soul Shift, dir. Christian Franz Schmidt, (Germany)
Zsazsa Zaturnnah, dir. Avid Liongoren, (Philippines, France)

 

Annecy Presents

 

Brave Cat, dir. Gabriel Osorio, (Chile)
Julián, dir. Louise Bagnall, (Ireland)
Born in the Jungle, dir. Edmunds Jansons, (Latvia, Poland, Czech Republic)
Dante, dir. Linda Hambäck, (Sweden, Denmark, Norway)
The Promise of the Clock Tower, dir. Yusuke Hirota, (Japan)
Dudley & the Invasion of the Space Slugs , dir. Cherifa Bakhti, (Luxembourg, Belgium, France, India)
The Ribbon Hero, dir. Yuki Igarashi, (Japan)
La Fille dans les nuages, dir. Philippe Riche, (France, Belgium)
Little Trang Quynh: The Legend of the Golden Buffalo, dir. Tranh Lam Tung, (Vietnam)
The Last Whale Singer, dir. Reza Memari, (Germany, Czech Republic, Canada)
Monster Mia, dir. Verena Fels, (Austria, Spain, Germany)
Samurai Ballerina – L’Étoile de Paris en fleur, dir. Goro Tanigushi, (Japan)
The Keeper of the Camphor Tree, dir. Tomohiko Ito, (Japan)
Yugly, dir. Yanis Belaid, Jérémie Degruson, (Belgium)

 

WTF

 

Babyface, (United Kingdom)
Broc!, (Hong Kong)
I’m Glad I Know That Now Thank You: Phones, (United Kingdom)
I Have an I Have a, (United Kingdom)
I’d Rather Be a Concorde, (Belgium, Finland, Portugal)
King Kong vs. Pinocchio, (Canada)
We’re Kinda Different, (Canada)
Pigeon Businessman, (United States)
Six Finger Satellite “Simian Fever”, (United States)
Skin Flick, (France)
Smokedog, (Australia)
You Are Not Part of the Cake, (Taiwan, United Kingdom)
What Is, Is Now?, (The Netherlands)
cour.com, (United Kingdom)

 

Perspectives

 

Acid City, (United States)
Bucketman, (Japan)
That Night, (Iran, United States)
Chance, (Iran)
Decaer’s Downfall, (Colombia)
Entelechia, (Chile)
Paper Daughter, (United States)
The Comet, (Canada)
The Boa Woman, (Peru)
The Tribulations of Ajadi, (Nigeria)
Misophonia, (Malta)
Because Today Is Saturday., (Portugal, France, Spain)
Rest, (Japan)
Sundruð, (Iceland, France, Belgium)
Three Pariah Cats, (Colombia)
Once in a Body, (Colombia, United States)
City of Roses, (Brazil)

Off-Limits

Adage, (United Kingdom)
Core Dump, (Germany)
From Apple to Egg, (Estonia)
The Stars Have Been Watching Us for a Long Time, (United States)
Merrimundi, (Chile)
Symbionts, (Switzerland)
XYZ, (Portugal)
Evacuations, (United States)

 

Young Audience

 

A Dog’s Life, (The Netherlands)
Round Trip, (Italy)
Cosmonaut, (Switzerland)
En, Ten, Týky!, (Slovakia, Czech Republic)
Night Owls, (Switzerland)
Piccolo Piccolo, (France, Switzerland)
Cloudfish, (France, Belgium)
On the Doormat in Front of My Door, (Germany)
Towards the Forest, (Switzerland)
Being Distanced, (Unknown)