Annecy Films of Interest 2025

While 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

Julián

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

The Angelic Touch

A Bird Hit My Window and Now I'm a Lesbian

Cleanliness

The Eating of an Orange (the only one on this list I've seen)

Flares

Football Stuff

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

Lesbian Space Princess

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

Les Bêtes**

Carcassonne-Acapulco*

Dollhouse Elephant*

Hairy Legs**

Ovary-Acting*

Sulaimani**

Shorts - Perspectives

All This Death*

Bloody Mess**

Shorts - Graduation Films

Better Man***

Casual***

Chair Cemetery*

Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV)*

Cottage Cheese*

Hand*

me***

Neh Neh Pok*

Passageways*

Sphere Supreme***

Sublime***

The Tale of Tran Thanh Duong**

The Virtue of Voice**

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

Il est une fois**

Shorts - Commissioned Films

Arnold Turboust "Les Lettres de Krakovie"**

CNESST "Hanging by a Thread"*

The Eclipse*

Moving Back Moving Up**

My Algorithm*

Naruto x Oasis*

Need a Good Sleep*

Olipop Yeti**

Starpets Teaser**

Vinheta CineSesc**

Welcome to the City of Love***

Feature Films Official

Death Does Not Exist***

Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake*

Feature Films Contrechamp

Endless Cookie**

The Great History of Western Philosophy**

Jinsei**

Olivia & The Clouds**

Screening Events

The Bad Guys 2**

Fixed**

Walt Disney Animation Studios – Welcome Back to Zootopia!***

Annecy Presents

I Am Frankelda*

Stitch Head*

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...