Netflix Returns To Annecy Festival With a Wide Variety of First Looks Including 'Stranger Things: Tales From 85,' Family Tentpole 'In Your Dreams,' And Adult Comedy 'Fixed'

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Netflix Returns To Annecy Festival With a Wide Variety of First Looks Including Stranger Things: Tales From 85, Family Tentpole In Your Dreams, And Adult Comedy Fixed

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23 April 2025

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Netflix returns to the Annecy International Animation Film Festival with a bold, genre-spanning line-up of films, series, and special events. This follows a standout year for Netflix Animation, with the Oscar-nominated Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl winning two BAFTAs, Arcane earning seven Annie Awards, and Orion and the Dark earning Children and Family Emmys for Best Special Production and Best Writing.

A full rundown of Netflix's Annecy activity includes:

Next on Netflix Animation returns to Th tre Bonlieu on Wednesday, 11 June. This year's session will feature exclusive previews of In Your Dreams and Stranger Things: Tales From 85. Showrunner Eric Robles will present a world-exclusive first look at the Stranger Things animated series, while director Alex Woo, production designer Steven Pilcher, and VFX supervisor Nicola Lavender will debut never-before-seen footage from their upcoming film In Your Dreams during a special panel.

The world premiere of Fixed will take place at Annecy on Wednesday, 11 June. The newly acquired adult comedy film from Genndy Tartakovsky (Primal, Hotel Transylvania) brings his signature irreverence and artistry to the big screen.

A masterclass with Raphael Bob-Waksberg, the creator of BoJack Horseman, follows on Thursday, 12 June. He'll be joined by the team behind his upcoming adult comedy series, Long Story Short, with audiences getting an early look at an episode ahead of its debut.

Work-in-Progress and Making of sessions for Ubisoft's popular Tom Clancy game franchise, Splinter Cell: Deathwatch, and Folivari's French preschool series 7 Bears for a behind-the-scenes look at these titles.

For the first time, Netflix will host a dedicated Animated Series Studio Focus on Thursday, 12 June, giving audiences an in-depth look at our full animation series slate. From preschool (Dr. Seuss's Horton!) to adult spectacle (Blue Eye Samurai season 2, Magic: The Gathering), family spectacle (Ghostbusters, Minecraft), and comedy (Haunted Hotel), this session-led by Netflix Animation executives John Derderian (Vice President, Animation Series), Heather Tilert (Director, Kids + Preschool), Billy Wee (Director, Adult Comedy), Dylan Thomas (Director, Adult Spectacle), and Dominique Bazay (Director, Family Spectacle)-will share insights into our creative and production processes behind our animated slate.

And finally, Netflix titles - Ast rix & Ob lix: Le Combat des Chefs and Devil May Cry - will compete in Annecy's Official TV Films Competition, while Mononoke The Movie: Chapter II - The Ashes of Rage will be screened as part of the festival's Midnight Specials programming, which are out of competition.

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Film:

FIXED Release date: 13 August 2025 Synopsis: From visionary director Genndy Tartakovsky comes Fixed, an adult animated comedy about Bull, an average, all-around good dog who discovers he's going to be neutered in the morning! As the gravity of this life-altering event sets in, Bull realizes he needs one last adventure with his pack of best friends as these are the last 24 hours with his balls! What could go wrong...? Director: Genndy Tartakovsky Story by: Steve Greenberg and Rich Lufrano and Genndy Tartakovsky and Jon Vitti Produced by: Michelle Murdocca Cast: Adam Devine, Idris Elba, Kathryn Hahn, Fred Armisen, Bobby Moynihan, Beck Bennett, Michelle Buteau, and River Gallo Animation Studio: Sony Pictures Animation Images: HERE

IN YOUR DREAMS Release date: Coming this Fall Synopsis: In Your Dreams is a comedy adventure that follows Stevie and her brother Elliot as they journey into the absurd landscape of their own dreams. If the siblings can withstand a snarky stuffed giraffe, zombie breakfast foods, and the queen of nightmares, the Sandman will grant them their ultimate dream come true...the perfect family. Director: Alex Woo Co-Director: Erik Benson Producers: Timothy Hahn, p.g.a., Gregg Taylor, p.g.a. Screenplay by: Erik Benson and Alex Woo Story by: Alex Woo and Stanley Moore Composed by: John Debney Cast: Jolie Hoang-Rappaport, Elias Janssen, Craig Robinson, Simu Liu, Cristin Milioti, Omid Djalili, Gia Carides, SungWon Cho, Zachary Noah Piser Animation Studio: Kuku Studios Images: HERE

MONONOKE THE MOVIE: CHAPTER II - THE ASHES OF RAGE Release date: Coming this year Synopsis: Shortly after the intense showdown in "Mononoke: The Phantom in the Rain", the Medicine Seller (Hiroshi Kamiya) appears once again, this time in the inner chambers of Ooku. Inside, things are shifting in the wake of the previous incident. Otomo Botan (Haruka Tomatsu), a woman from a distinguished family, succeeds Utayama as the new director and begins enforcing a strict leadership style rooted in discipline and balance. This creates growing tension between her and Fuki (Yoko Hikasa), a seasoned courtesan who once enjoyed the exclusive favor of the emperor (Miyu Irino). Their rift deepens with each passing day.As the selection process begins for a guardian to look after the newborn child of the emperor's wife,Empress Sachiko (Atsumi Tanezaki), an unexpected event suddenly turns Fuki's situation upside down.Having given birth to an unwanted child seen as a threat by the elder councilor Ootomo (Kenyu Horiuti),Fuki becomes the target of a web of conspiracies spun by the men in power.Conflicting motives and desperate attempts to put out the fire quickly spiral out of control. At the same time, a strange series of incidents begin, with people spontaneously combusting and being reduced to ashes. The Medicine Seller suspects the work of a Mononoke and sets out to co

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