Hayao Miyazaki’s ‘The Boy And The Heron’ To Open Animation Is Film Festival; Netflix’s ‘Chicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget’ To Close
deadline.comAnimation Is Film revealed Thursday that its 2023 edition next month will open with Gkids and Studio Ghibli’s The Boy and the Heron, the latest film from Hayao Miyazaki that just opened the Toronto Film Festival.
It is getting its U.S. Imax premiere at TCL’s Chinese 6. The festival, set to run October 18-22 in Hollywood, will close with Netflix’s Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget, to be followed by a Q&A with director Sam Fell and executive producer Peter Lord.
AIF’s annual lineup of theatrical presentations, special events, and shorts showcase includes two Annecy International Animation Film Festival prize winners, Neon’s film Robot Dreams and Gkids’ Chicken for Linda!, which will make their West Coast and U.S.
debuts. Other titles include Phoenix: Reminiscence of Flower (Japan), making its North American theatrical premiere. DreamWorks Animation will host a special presentation of its latest film, Trolls Band Together, ahead of it November release.
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