These are five Asian feature films you shouldn’t miss at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival which will take place from June 12 – 17, 2023 in Annecy, France.

1994, the China Academy of Arts campus. As the country opens up to the Western world, a group of students gradually discover adult life where love and friendship are at odds with lofty ideals and personal ambitions. Lost between tradition and modernity, these young people must decide who they want to become. (Annecy2023)

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Miyamoto Dai, a student with a passion for basketball, has an overnight life-changing experience after going to a jazz show for the first time. As if hypnotised by this music he knows nothing about, the young man decides to devote himself heart and soul to the saxophone and jazz becomes his new passion. Will he succeed in becoming a great musician? (Annecy2023)

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Kokoro, a young girl in her first year at high school, plays truant because she’s being bullied by her classmates. One day in May, when she stays locked in her bedroom, she meets six high-schoolers in a similar situation to her own, in a castle in her bedroom mirror. Adventures with them lie ahead. (Annecy2023)

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Born and raised in Okinawa, Ryota has a brother Sota who is 3 years older than him. Like Sota, Ryota gets addicted to playing basketball. In high school, Ryota plays with the Shohoku basketball team and is about to challenge the defending champions, Sannoh Kogyo, at the National Championship. (Annecy2023)

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The Urashima Tunnel grants a wish to those who enter… but at a price. Kaoru and Anzu, with two very different pasts and personalities, team up to investigate the mysterious tunnel. (Annecy2023)

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