Austria’s first animated characteristic is a daring one: a tribute to the late cartoonist Manfred Deix, who skewered the hypocrisies of his society because it emerged from the Nazi years. The story follows a Deix-like boy rising up in small-town Austria, who places his expertise for drawing to pornographic use; the character designs channel the artist’s distinctive caricatural fashion. Read our review of the film out of this 12 months’s Annecy Competition, when it was nonetheless referred to as Snotty Boy.
Teddy Growth
Administrators: Denis Belov, Ilia Kupriyanov
Worldwide gross sales: Riki Group
A thief hides a uncommon ruby inside a teddy bear who then involves life, together with all the opposite toys within the retailer. So a bit like Toy Story, however Russian. The studio, Riki Group, actually has kind in hit animation franchises: it is behind Kikoriki, one of many nation’s hottest youngsters’ reveals. Russia’s marketplace for household animation is rising quick: it’s also represented at AFM by Wizart, which is presenting its characteristic The Warrior Princess.
Riki Rhino
Director: Erwin Budiono
Worldwide gross sales: Evolutionary Movies
No relation to Riki Group: this characteristic is from Indonesia, and it comes with a conservationist message pertinent to its nation. A poacher steals the horn of a Sumatran rhino — an endangered species. The rhino embarks on a quest to recuperate the horn, serving to different animals in bother alongside the best way. Indonesia is simply simply starting to create its personal animation IP, little of which is exported. That will begin to change.
Metropolis of Misplaced Issues
Director: Chih-yen Yee
Worldwide gross sales: MandarinVision
An Annecy choice this 12 months, Metropolis of Misplaced Issues tells the story of a rebellious teen who discovers a fantastical land inhabited by animate items of junk. The movie was introduced as a part of the Taiwan Pavilion; the territory is positioning itself as a manufacturing accomplice for worldwide filmmakers and studios who need to inform Chinese language tales whereas avoiding China’s regulatory obstacles.
The Previous Man Film
Administrators: Mikk Mägi, Oskar Lehemaa
Worldwide gross sales: EuroObscura
Two youngsters are dropped off at their grandfather’s farm and promptly set his cow unfastened, in order that — and it’s value quoting from the official synopsis right here — “the Previous Man and his grandkids have simply 24 hours to seek out the rogue bovine, earlier than her un-milked udder explodes and unleashes lactopalypse, or earlier than the mysterious Milk Man lethally disarms her.” Greater than only a curio, this Estonian stop-motion characteristic has pinched prizes at Fantasia and Anima.
Picture at high: “Welcome to Siegheilkirchen”
