{"id":2098434,"date":"2025-10-17T19:28:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T19:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2098434"},"modified":"2025-10-17T19:28:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T19:28:10","slug":"animation-is-film-festival-champions-the-genre-with-program-including-kpop-demon-hunters-panel-and-world-premiere-of-paranorman-the-thrifting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/animation-is-film-festival-champions-the-genre-with-program-including-kpop-demon-hunters-panel-and-world-premiere-of-paranorman-the-thrifting\/","title":{"rendered":"Animation Is Film Festival Champions the Genre With Program Including \u2018Kpop Demon Hunters\u2019 Panel and World Premiere of \u2018ParaNorman: The Thrifting\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\">This year\u2019s Animation Is Film Festival is all about advocating for the growing stature of the flourishing medium in the filmmaking capital of the world.<\/p>\n<p>The three-day event, unspooling at Hollywood\u2019s Tcl Chinese Theatres from Friday to Sunday, is set to program and champion new films from around the world, including the opening night premiere of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0396074\/\">Mamoru Hosoda<\/a>\u2019s \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt35114460\/\">Scarlet<\/a>,\u201d the world premiere of Laika\u2019s \u201cParaNorman: The Thrifting,\u201d a short film that will have an exclusive introduction with director <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm2752098\/\">Chris Butler<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0447695\/\">Anna Kendrick<\/a>, and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1253832\/\">Li Wenyu<\/a>\u2019s \u201cA Story About Fire,\u201d following a monkey and a dog as they travel through dangerous forests, tundras, and jungles to reach the Holy Mountain.<\/p>\n<p>Presented by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0255038\/\">Gkids<\/a> in collaboration with Annecy International Animation Film Festival and Variety, the event, which launched in 2017, will also be presenting a sold-out panel with the filmmakers and animators behind <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0144901\/\">Netflix<\/a>\u2019s \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt14205554\/\">Kpop Demon Hunters<\/a>,&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year\u2019s Animation Is Film Festival is all about advocating for the growing stature of the flourishing medium in the filmmaking capital of the world. 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