LITTLE AMELIE or THE CHARACTER OF RAIN
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Little Amelie is based on the Amelie Nothomb memoir, about her childhood in Japan in the 1960s.
Winner of the Annecy Animation Film Festival AUDIENCE AWARD 2025.
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Little Amelie will be in UK and Irish cinemas in Winter 2025/26.
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World Premiere - Cannes Film Festival
European Premiere - Annecy Animation Film Fesival - Winner AUDIENCE AWARD
North American Premiere - Toronto International Film Festival
UK Premiere - BFI London Film Festival - Family Strand
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“you won’t see better animation this year” Loud and Clear
“sweet animated film, set in Japan, a Belgian child encounters a flood of new wonders … it’s hard not be charmed” Critic’s Pick, New York Times
“lovely … the stylistic choices result in a striking, distinctly pictorial aesthetic … gently transcendent, tear inducing” Los Angeles Times
“one of the best and most touching animated films to come out this year, a remarkable example of what this style of storytelling can do” Collider
“feels at times like Terrence Malick meets Hiyao Miyazaki for tykes, combining playful subjectivity with surreal flights of fancy” The Hollywood Reporter
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Little Amélie is an animated film set in Japan in the 1960s. Amélie’s nanny shows her that the world is full of adventures and discoveries. On her 3rd birthday, a family event - and a miraculous encounter with chocolate - changes the course of her life. A tender, poignant and visually stunning story about the healing power of human connection.
Annecy Animation Film Festival Audience Award
Manchester Animation Film Festival Best Film Award
—World Premiere - Cannes Film Festival
—EU Premiere - Annecy Animation Film Festival
—UK Premiere - BFI London Film Festival
“similar emotional wavelength as recent genre classics like Boyhood or Lady Bird but [also] belongs to a different universe altogether” IndieWire