2026 Annecy Film Festival: Major animation announcements including Conan, Batman, and Powerpuff Girls
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Wilson Chapman
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A report on the 2026 Annecy International Animation Film Festival announcements, covering major new animated projects including Conan the Barbarian, Absolute Batman, and a Powerpuff Girls movie. The author recounts experiencing the festival remotely through social media feeds rather than attending in person, and provides context on the festival's history as a premier animation event established in 1960.
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· 3 pulledI was unable to spend this week in Southeast France for the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, the premier film festival celebrating the medium of animation.
Instead, I experienced the festival as most observers do: as a sudden influx of new animated project announcements flooding my X feed.
Annecy, which was established as a bi-annual event in 1960 and shifted to a yearly event in 1998, hosts a main competition every year, with roughly 10 or so animated films of all
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