The film "Les Minions 2" will be presented at the opening of the Annecy festival

The little yellow creatures are finally back.

, the highly anticipated sequel to the 2015 worldwide hit animated film, will premiere during the opening night of the Annecy International Film Festival, it has been announced. organizers on Tuesday.

Created in 1960, the Annecy Festival is the major event for animation cinema in the world, as is its international market which brings together the biggest studios dedicated to the animated image each year.

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After two years of pandemic, this festival returns to its usual format from June 13 to 18 and promises “a fireworks display of creativity and diversity”.

The 2022 selection "wants to bear witness to the vitality of animated cinema" with an official selection of ten films, including

by Eric Warin and Tahir Rana (Belgium / Canada / France), which evokes the deceased German-Jewish painter Charlotte Salomon in Auschwitz at the age of 26.

by Atsuko Ishizuka (Japan),

by Alain Ughetto (France/Italy),

of Amandine Fredon and Benjamin Massoubre (France/Luxembourg), are also in selection.

The Annecy Festival 2022 will also present the first images of

,

,

, as well as

world premiere from Pixar Animation Studios.

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