The first scenes of the upcoming movie “Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse” were shown at the Annecy Animation Film Festival, which is being held in France, and is considered the most prominent event in the world for this category of cinematography.
The festival continues until Saturday in this French city near the border with Switzerland.
Festival director Michael Maran stated that the festival management granted permits to regarding 13,000 people from 100 countries to attend this edition of the festival, which is being held once more in the fully-attended format, 5% more than in 2019.
The turnout reached this degree despite the absence of Chinese working in the field due to the re-emergence of Covid-19 in China, as well as the Russians, whose presence was prominent in previous sessions; As their official delegation was not invited because of the war in Ukraine.
The festival preceded the world premiere of “Minnie’s: The Rise of Grow” at the opening of the festival by revealing the first scenes of “Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse”, a year before its global release, in the presence of the film’s directors.
After the first Spider-Man film, “Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse,” won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature in 2019, Sony Studios included more visual effects and blended 2D and 3D animation technologies into its film. The film features a total of 240 new characters in six parallel universes.
