{"id":857115,"date":"2026-09-22T23:04:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T23:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/857115\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T23:04:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T23:04:12","slug":"las-animation-is-film-festival-reveals-2026-lineup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/857115\/","title":{"rendered":"LA’s Animation Is Film Festival Reveals 2026 Lineup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Animation is indeed film<\/a> \u2014 especially at Los Angeles\u2019 Animation Is Film Festival<\/a>, which has released its 2026 lineup.<\/p>\n

The ninth edition takes place October 16-19, primarily screening at the TCL Chinese 6 Theatres in Hollywood, which will then host AFI Fest the following week. For the first time ever, Animation Is Film kicks off with an animated series, with the world-first theatrical premiere of the first two episodes of Dana Terrace\u2019s \u201cKnights of Guinevere,\u201d following Episode 1.02\u2019s online debut.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to kick off another lively, animated weekend of the year\u2019s very best with a special theatrical presentation of Dana Terrace\u2019s \u2018Knights of Guinevere,\u2019\u201d said Matt Kaszanek, Animation Is Film director. \u201cDana is the artist behind one of the most beloved animated series of this decade. So naturally, it is with otherworldly excitement that we embrace her return to showrunning with a big-screen presentation of this visionary series.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Phil<\/a> \"Coyote<\/a> <\/p>\n

Animation Is Film this year also features nine films in competition, with many among the year\u2019s animated Oscar contenders. <\/p>\n

These include Louis Clichy\u2019s \u201cIron Boy<\/a>,\u201d winner of the Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize at Cannes and the Jury Award and Audience Award at Annecy and fresh from the Toronto and New York Film Festivals; Leah Nelson\u2019s Cannes premiere \u201cTangles,\u201d and \u201cJuli\u00e1n,\u201d the latest feature from Ireland\u2019s animation house Cartoon Saloon. Other highly anticipated screenings include queer Cannes and Annecy favorite \u201cJim Queen<\/a>,\u201d the North American premiere of \u201cGhost \u2014 End of Night,\u201d Brazil\u2019s hand-drawn \u201cO Filho Da Puta (Son of a Bitch),\u201d and Annecy Cristal winner \u201cThe Violinist.\u201d \u201cViva Carmen!\u201d and \u201cCherry and Virgin\u201d round out the competition lineup.<\/p>\n

AIF\u2019s lineup includes studio presentations, retrospective screenings, filmmaker talks, and works-in-progress films. Highlights include a conversation with the founders of Cartoon Saloon, reflecting on 25 years of the studio, a behind-the-scenes look at Walt Disney Animation\u2019s upcoming \u201cHexed,\u201d a rare theatrical presentation of Paramount\u2019s 2026 hit \u201cAvatar Aang: The Last Airbender<\/a>,\u201d Yoshiaki Kawajiri\u2019s 2000 cult classic \u201cVampire Hunter D: Bloodlust,\u201d and a work-in-progress look at Matt Braly\u2019s \u201cClara and the Below.\u201d<\/p>\n

See the entire slate and learn more over at Animation Is Film\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Animation is indeed film \u2014 especially at Los Angeles\u2019 Animation Is Film Festival, which has released its 2026…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":857116,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[361949,88,2695,206],"class_list":["post-857115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-animation-is-film-festival","tag-entertainment","tag-film","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=857115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/857116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=857115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=857115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=857115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}