Projects

Projects

Cannes Animation

Dog my Cats!

Directed by: Alain Gagnol

Produced by: Jérôme Duc-Maugé | parmi les lucioles films, Brice Garnier | Kaïbou Production Inc., Cédric Iland | UMEDIA

Country of Production: France, Canada, Belgium

Original Title: Les chiens ne font pas des chats

Genre: Comedy

Language: French

Runtime: 80'

Completed in: 2027

Jules and Lola’s life has taken a sad turn after their parents’ death, but their routine is disrupted by their grandmother Jeanne, who turns up with a very special mission: to find a missing teenager. Thanks to their grandmother, they discover an extraordinary family legacy within themselves.

Cannes Animation

Wasted Chef

Directed by: Takayuki Hirao

Produced by: Ryoichiro Matsuo, Yunosuke Uno, Kosuke Arai | CLAP Studio

Country of Production: Japan

Original Title: Wasted Chef

Genre: Drama

Language: Japanese

Runtime: 119'

Completed in: 2027

A young chef chasing a lost flavor lands in a ruined city without taste. Saved by Kasumi, his cooking awakens forgotten memories. But a dark force threatens to erase all desire — making his quest the last hope to save both worlds.

Cannes Animation

Insectario

Directed by: Sofía Carrillo

Produced by: Nicolás Celis, Sofia Carrillo, Mónika Revilla, Victor Leycegui | Pimienta Films, Inicia Films

Country of Production: Mexico, Spain

Original Title: Insectario

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Language: Spanish

Runtime: 75'

Completed in: 2028

In a world where insects have gone extinct, Lexi preserves specimens in a collection for her uncle, Dr. Krause, an entomologist. After removing the pin from a rare Attacus atlas moth, she takes it home to hide her mistake, only to discover it has come back to life.

Goes to Cannes

Good Trip

Category: HAF Goes to Cannes

Directed by: Norris Wong Yee-lam & Wong Hoi

Produced by: Mabel Cheung Yuen-ting | Tango For Four Production Limited

Country of Production: Hong Kong

Original Title: 我阿爹想旅行

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Language: Cantonese, Japanese

Runtime: 105'

Completed in: 2026

Shan is asked to pick up a prop when spending time with her father in the hospital. Her father insists on driving Shan, and the two embark on an unexpected road trip filled with imagination.

Goes to Cannes

Mo Hunt

Category: Tallinn Black Nights Goes to Cannes

Directed by: Eeva Mägi

Produced by: Sten-Johan Lill, Eeva Mägi | Kinosaurus Film, Kultuurikuur

Country of Production: Estonia

Original Title: Mo Hunt

Genre: Thriller

Language: Estonian

Runtime: 90'

Completed in: 2026

Kore, a young ballerina, agrees to become an illegal surrogate for a middle-aged priest, recasting her body as sacrifice. Her boyfriend Kaljo supports her, though their bond frays. On an isolated island before conception, tension rises and power blurs: who uses whom, and what is sacrificed?

Goes to Cannes

The Daughters

Category: Tallinn Black Nights Goes to Cannes

Directed by: Daniel Romero Bueno

Produced by: Tamara Garcia Iglesias, Ferran Tomas Olalla | Atakeleun, La Verneda Films, La Charito Films

Country of Production: Spain, United Kingdom

Original Title: Las Hijas

Genre: Film Noir, Thriller

Language: Spanish

Runtime: 95'

Completed in: 2026

One night, a twenty-year-old girl is kidnapped by a stranger. The next morning, she wakes up in a house in the middle of the woods where three other young women live. There, she discovers that they behave like the kidnapper’s daughters. Her destiny is to become one of them.

Goes to Cannes

The Sea Speaks His Name

Category: HAF Goes to Cannes

Directed by: Yosep Anggi Noen

Produced by: Gita Fara, Budi Setyarso, Leila S. Chudori | Pal8 Pictures

Country of Production: Indonesia

Original Title: Laut Bercerita

Genre: Drama

Language: Bahasa Indonesia

Runtime: 120'

Completed in: 2026

A young activist’s disappearance leaves behind a family caught between hope, memory, and an unending search for truth.

Goes to Cannes

Will You Still Be My Friend

Category: HAF Goes to Cannes

Directed by: Lu Po-Shun

Produced by: Su Yu-Hao | InLight Film Studio, Verdant Peak Films

Country of Production: Taiwan, Singapore

Original Title: 懸日掛月

Genre: Drama

Language: Mandarin, Taiwanese, English

Runtime: 95'

Completed in: 2026

Amid an escalating feud in a rural Taiwanese village, a boy struggles to protect his secret friendship with his Singapore-raised best friend as adult tensions threaten to tear them apart.

Goes to Cannes

The Excreman – On the Road

Category: HAF Goes to Cannes

Directed by: Brian Tse

Produced by: Brian Tse, Samuel Choy | On The Road Studio Limited

Country of Production: Hong Kong

Original Title: 屎撈人—在路途上

Genre: Animation

Language: Cantonese

Runtime: 90'

Completed in: 2027

Excremen in the sewer lead a relaxed and stable life. As a terrifying crisis approaches, they have no choice but to defeat the opponent, or seek a new beginning.

Goes to Cannes

Dead Dad Girl

Category: Tallinn Black Nights Goes to Cannes

Directed by: Stephen Korytko

Produced by: Bernard Michaux, Benoît Roland, John Altschuler, Dave Krinsky | Samsa Film, Wrong Men

Country of Production: Luxembourg, Belgium

Original Title: Dead Dad Girl

Genre: Dark Comedy

Language: English

Runtime: 82'

Completed in: 2026

Don’t worry, the girl’s not dead. She’s alive and well. The dad is dead though. Like, hidden-in-a-freezer dead. Memphis (17) had to put him there after he died from a heart attack in order to keep her spot with the cool kids at school. It ain’t easy staying popular.