Ricky Gervais, Oscar-winning The Incredibles director Brad Bird and the Brothers Quay will be guests of the upcoming Annecy International Film Festival which announced its 2026 lineup on Tuesday. (scroll down for main competition lineups).
They join previously announced attendee King of the Hill and Beavis and Butt-Head creator Mike Judge, who will receive the festival’s Honorary Cristal, as well as Laika President and CEO Travis Knight, who will be attendance with a special exhibition devoted to his upcoming film Wildwood.
Billed as the biggest animation festival in the world, Annecy welcomed a record 18,000 guests in 2025, more than 6,500 of them animation professionals.
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Unfolding from June 21 to 27 in the French lakeside town of Annecy, the festival is running slightly later this year due to the G7 Summit taking place earlier in the month in
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