14 feature films

Innovative animation technology, social criticism or light entertainment – Fantoche illustrates the impressive spectrum of current international productions in animated feature film. The animation film festival in Baden will open on the 6th of September with the Swiss premiere of Claude Barras’s first feature-length film, “Ma vie de Courgette”, in the presence of the director and other crew members. A favourite of audiences and critics alike, the film has now been submitted for the Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Film by the Swiss Federal Office of Culture. Another big highlight will be the premiere of the latest LAIKA production, “Kubo and the Two Strings”. Both feature films will later be released in Swiss cinemas; but you can only get a look behind the scenes at Fantoche’s exclusive making- of presentations. Twelve other feature films from France, Norway, the Netherlands, Spain, the Czech Republic, Japan, Korea, Canada and the US will also be premiered, offering an impressive spectrum of animation today.