The return of the British teddy bear, the childhood of Frida Kahlo, “Dragons” and “Lilo & Stitch” in live action, a sequel to “Dounia and the Princess of Aleppo”… An enticing program awaits children at cinema in 2025.
“Hola Frida”, by Karine Vézina and André Kali, tells the story of childhood and the birth of a vocation. Tobo Media/As a result/High and short
By The Cinema Service
Published on January 19, 2025 at 3:00 p.m.
“Slocum and moi”
JPL Films/Mélusine Production
For years, cramped in his house on the banks of the Marne, Jean-François Laguionie’s father patiently built a boat, without ever bringing himself to finish it. The discreet legend of French animation, now 85 years old, pays homage to his father and his still journey with gentleness, tenderness and grace. Adventure is at the end of the garden…
Film by Jean-François Laguionie. Released January 29.
“Paddington in Peru”
Studio Canal/HeyDay Films
The bear cub in a duffle coat returns to his native Amazon in search of his missing aunt Lucy. As for the casting, the usual troupe (Ben Wishaw for the voice of Paddington, Hugh Bonneville, Jim Broadbent… minus Sally Hawkins, replaced by Emily Mortimer) was joined by two luxury guest stars: Antonio Banderas as a boat captain and Olivia Colman as a whimsical good sister.
Film by Dougal Wilson. Released February 5.
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“Hello Frida”
Tobo Media/Du coup Production/Haut et court Production
Frida is the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, whose childhood and the birth of her vocation are told by filmmakers André Kadi and Karine Vézina in a vibrantly colored animated film. It is the singer and writer Olivia Ruiz who lends her voice to the now adult painter. A beautiful ode to the imagination.
Film by Karine Vézina and André Kali. Released February 12.
“Looney Tunes: Daffy and Porky Save the World”
Warner Bros. Animation
Twenty years later Looney Tunes takes action (half-animation, half-live action, with Brendan Fraser) and more than eighty years (!) after their debut on the big screen in the Looney Tunes strip (Porky & Daffy, short film from 1938), the bittern duck and the brave pig take up arms again to save the Earth from an extraterrestrial threat… housed in a chewing gum with zombifying properties. An adventure that moves!
Film by Peter Browngardt. Released February 12.
“Life, basically”
Barletta/Novinski/Novanima
Ben, 12, loves cooking and eating. This passion even inspires him to write songs, which he performs with his band. But since the start of the school year, the schoolboy has suffered humiliation from certain students who make fun of his overweight… A beautiful film which uses stop motion (frame-by-frame animation) to fight against fatphobia.
Film de Kristina Dufková. Sortie le 12 février.
“Dounia, the great white country”
Tobo Media/Du coup Production
After the superb Dounia and the Princess of Aleppo (2022), the adventures of the little Syrian girl with sparkles of stars in her hair continue in her adopted country: Canada. Surrounded by her grandparents and her friend Rosalie, she faces new challenges: the bitter cold of winter and a new, hitherto unknown culture. An animated feature film with shimmering graphics, directed by Marya Zarif and André Kadi, the co-author of Hello Frida.
Film by Marya Zarif and André Kadi. Released March 12.
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“Ozi, the voice of the forest”
GCI Film/Mikros Animation/Appian Way
Ozi, a young orangutan, is separated from her parents following a forest fire. She grew up on a reserve, surrounded by other animals who became her friends. But one day, she decides to go looking for her family. Tim Harper made this fun animated film to explain deforestation and the fight for biodiversity to young people.
Film by Tim Harper. Released April 2.
-“Moon the panda”
Gaumont Production/Mai-Juin Productions
Journalist (Albert-Londres prize) and documentary filmmaker, Gilles de Maistre has converted himself into a director of animal fiction. After Mia and the white lion (2018), The Wolf and the Lion (2021) et The Last Jaguar (2024), he writes this story of friendship between a young Chinese boy and a panda.
Film by Gilles de Maistre. Released April 9.
“Dog Man”
« Dog Man », de Peter Hastings. Universal Pictures/DreamWorks Animation
Do not confuse with the adult film by Matteo Garrone and the even less recommendable one by Luc Besson! This DreamWorks production imagines that a police officer and his faithful companion from the canine squad become one after both being injured on duty. Before having to ally themselves with their sworn enemy: a thief cat…
Film by Peter Hastings. Released April 9.
“Lilo & Stitch”
Walt Disney Company/Rideback
Disney continues its policy of “live action” self-remakes of the great in-house animated classics, with this “flesh and blood” version (so to speak) of the adventures of the little lonely Hawaiian girl and the blue alien. , twenty-two years later. An encouraging point: this Lilo & Stitch 2025 is directed by Dean Fleischer-Camp, author of the singular and very successful Marcel the shell (with his shoes).
Film by Dean Fleischer-Camp. Released on May 21.
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“Dragons”
DreamWorks Animation
After three first parts in animation, the franchise from the DreamWorks studio also returns with a live-action remake. But fans can rest assured: in view of the trailer, the design of Crocmou, the friendly dragon who befriends the viking Harold, has not changed.
Film by Dean DeBlois. Released June 11.
“Elio”
Walt Disney Pictures/Pixar Animation
No June without the release of a new film from the Pixar studio. The hero of the 2025 vintage is a boy with a boundless imagination and who is passionate about extraterrestrials. Elio will find himself inadvertently teleported into the Communiverse (sic), an interplanetary paradise housing intelligent life forms from the most distant galaxies. Unbridled adventures and wildly eccentric creatures are to be expected.
By Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi and Adrian Molina. Released June 18.
“Les Bad Guys 2”
Universal Pictures/DreamWorks Animation
We enjoyed the first Bad Guys of the DreamWorks studio and its bank robber animals who got back on the straight and narrow. In this sequel, the wolf, the shark, the piranha and the snake will be pulled out of their “good guy” retreat by an all-female team (“bad girls”, in short) who will force them to do one last heist…
By Pierre Perifel and JP Sans. Released July 30.
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“Marcel and Mr. Pagnol”
What the Prod/Onyx Films/Bidibul Productions/Walking The Dog
Sylvain Chomet’s latest film (if we exclude the animated introduction to the Joker: madness for twoby Todd Phillips) dates back to 2013 (Attila Marcel). The animated filmmaker was finally able to bring his old project of homage to Marcel Pagnol to fruition. In which the writer and director of The Baker’s Wife tells of his childhood, his Provence, his first loves, but also the arrival of talking cinema and his own creations. We can’t wait!
By Sylvain Chomet. Released October 15.
“Zootopia 2”
Walt Disney Company
Nine years later, the very funny (and very cinematic) animal thriller is back for a new investigation. Rabbit inspector Judy Hopps and her fox teammate Nick Wilde must now follow the winding trail of a mysterious reptile that arrives in Zootopia and turns the mammal metropolis upside down…
By Byron Howard and Rich Moore. Released November 26.
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