Cannes Critics’ Week Lineup: Animated Feature ‘In Waves’ to Open Fest Sidebar

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In Waves, Phuong Mai Nguyen’s animated adaptation of AJ Dungo’s cult graphic novel, will open the 65th edition of Cannes Critics’ Week, the sidebar that runs alongside the main Cannes festival from May 13 to 21. It was one of the 11 features making up this year’s selection, announced on Monday. (Full Critics’ Week lineup below).

Will Sharpe and Stephanie Hsu head up the voice cast for the English-language version of In Waves. The Critics’ Week plans to show both that and the French version, which features voice work from Lyna Khoudri, Rio Vega, Paul Kirscher and Biran Ba.

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Inspired by Dungo’s own, real-life love story, In Waves is set in California and follows a skateboarder and a surfer, friends from school who later become lovers and find their relationship tested by illness.

The feature, produced by French group Silex Films together with Charades and Anonymous

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