LITTLE AMéLIE
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France | 77min | 2025
Based on the Amélie Nothomb memoir, about her childhood, Little Amélie is an animated film set in Japan in the 1960s. 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.
OSCAR® Nominee For Best Animated Feature
BAFTA® Nominee For Best Animated Film
Cannes FIlm Festival World Premiere
Annecy Animation Film Festival Audience Award
Manchester Animation Film Festival Best Film AwardGolden Globe Nominee for Best Animated Film
Nominated for two European Films Awards
Nominated for seven Annie Animation AwardsUK Release Date: 13 February
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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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★★★★ “tender and sweet animation … mixture of European and Japanese styles” The Guardian
“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
“similar emotional wavelength as recent genre classics like Boyhood or Lady Bird but [also] belongs to a different universe altogether” IndieWire
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