This year’s Animation Is Film Festival is all about advocating for the growing stature of the flourishing medium in the filmmaking capital of the world.
The three-day event, unspooling at Hollywood’s TCL Chinese Theatres from Friday to Sunday, is set to program and champion new films from around the world, including the opening night premiere of Mamoru Hosoda’s “Scarlet,” the world premiere of Laika’s “ParaNorman: The Thrifting,” a short film that will have an exclusive introduction with director Chris Butler and Anna Kendrick, and Li Wenyu’s “A Story About Fire,” following a monkey and a dog as they travel through dangerous forests, tundras, and jungles to reach the Holy
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