Thiruvananthapurm: The Kerala State Chalachitra Academy is collaborating with the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in France will bring a selection of animation films screened at the festival.
The selections from Annecy will screen 18 films as part of the 17th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala (IDSFFK). The festival will be held from August 22 to 27, 2025, at the Kairali, Sree, and Nila theatres in Thiruvananthapuram.
The package features acclaimed films from the latest edition of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in France, recognised as the world’s largest animation festival for over six decades.
The ‘Best of Annecy’ section will showcase the festival’s most notable films, while the ‘Annecy Kids’ section will screen 10 animated films tailored for a younger audience.
The ‘Best of Annecy’ section will feature a collection of films from France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Iran, Brazil, Canada, and the USA. This curated list includes Virtuoso, which captures Hungarian pianist Franz Liszt’s defiance of classical norms; Murmuration, the story of an elderly man who spontaneously transforms into a bird; and At Night, a poignant love story set during a war.
The package also features Sappho, which explores the life and works of the ancient Greek poet, and Naïve New Beaters, Star Feminine Band Ye Kow Si Kuwo, which follows three friends reuniting at a wild party.
The selection also showcases The Girl Who Cried Pearls, which presents the story of a sad girl, the urban tale Between the Gaps, and Les Bêtes, a whimsical story about a rabbit with a magical key.
The ‘Annecy Kids’ section includes ten films from countries like France, the UK, Luxembourg, Brazil, Belgium, Canada, Germany, and Croatia.
This collection includes Fall is Again, a film about an elderly woman weaving a tapestry; Cardboard, which tells the story of piglets creating an imaginative game from a cardboard box; A Walk into the Afterlife, where a cat journeys to a magical garden; The Night Boots, about a child’s midnight experience in a forest; and Big Lizard: The Sea Meteorite, a story about an astronaut arriving on the planet Proxima
