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Annecy Films of Interest 2025
🕑 Added 2025-04-30 19:28:52 +0000 UTCWhile I will not be attending Annecy (though I hope to go in a few more years!), with the release of their 2025 film schedule (and more importantly the film summaries), I decided to compile a list of films both canon and unconfirmed. The canon films range in representation, but the majority of these are explicit rather than containing just a one-off drag joke. For simplicity sake, I will just be listing the films and the link to the summary page, as I want to post this in a reasonable amount of time. Though that would be an interesting podcast idea... watch this space.... To note, consider the "unconfirmed" films as long shots, based mainly on film vibes and my knowledge about queer animation film patterns:
Queer confirmed:
Annecy Animation Showcase
Shorts - Official
Sappho (Okay, I am guessing with this one, but if doesn't include lesbian characters or themes I'll ugly laugh sooooo much)
Shorts - Graduation Films
A Bird Hit My Window and Now I'm a Lesbian
The Eating of an Orange (the only one on this list I've seen)
Shorts - TV Films
Common Side Effects "Episode 9"
Max & the Midknights "Welcome to Byjovia"
Shorts - Commissioned Films
Naive New Beaters, Star Feminine Band "Ye Kou Si Kuo" (watched this, it's a bit of an open to interpretation situation at times, but I'm still going to count it)
Feature Films Contrechamp
Unconfirmed:
Key:
* = The more asterisks the more likely I think it will count as part of the queer canon
Annecy Animation Showcase
Mu Yi and the Handsome General*
Shorts - Official
Shorts - Perspectives
Shorts - Graduation Films
Better Man***
Casual***
Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV)*
Hand*
me***
Sublime***
The Tale of Tran Thanh Duong**
Weathered** (technically the puppet character is described with it/its pronouns which is why I'm giving it a higher asterisk rating, but I still want to watch it before moving it to the canon needs more context section)
Shorts - TV Films
Shorts - Commissioned Films
Arnold Turboust "Les Lettres de Krakovie"**
Welcome to the City of Love***
Feature Films Official
Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake*
Feature Films Contrechamp
The Great History of Western Philosophy**
Jinsei**
Screening Events
Fixed**
Walt Disney Animation Studios – Welcome Back to Zootopia!***
Annecy Presents
Midnight Specials
Mononoke The Movie: Chapter II – The Ashes of Rage**
In summation: As usual, I'd love for any of the “unconfirmed” films to become canon, but we shall see. Of the confirmed works, I'm most interested in Julián, mainly because of how many directions the film can go. For the explanation about the "unconfirmed" films, watch this space...
