The Animation Is Film Festival has announced its 2024 lineup, with films including “A Color Within,” “The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie” and “ Memoir of a Snail .” The seventh edition of the annual festival runs through the weekend of Oct. 18-20 with three major features each day, along with filmmaker master classes, extended showings and plenty of premieres.
The festival is held at the TCL Chinese Theatres in Hollywood. The festival opens on Oct.18 with the North American premiere of the melodic and bold feature from the Japanese animation studio Science Saru, “A Color Within,” directed by acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Naoko Yamada, known for “A Silent Voice.
” On Oct. 19, the centerpiece will be the North American premiere of Warner Bros. Animation’s “The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie,” directed by award-winning filmmaker Pete Browngardt.
The film is distributed by Ketchup entertainment. The festival will conclude Oct. 20 with the Los Angeles premiere of IFC Films’ “Memoir of a Snail,” directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Adam Elliot, who also won this year’s Cristal Award at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, AIF’s co-founder.
In between the three major features, the festival will screen Annecy Prize-winning films like “ Flow ” and “Sultana’s Dream,” along with the short film “Percebes.” Additionally, the event will include filmmaker panels for “ Inside Out 2 ,” “Moana 2,” “.