The festival also stated that the screening would be the North American premiere of Lu over the wall, but the film has already screened at Dallas’ AnimeFest convention and at Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival, and will also compete at Ottawa International Animation Festival later this month.
Animation distribution company GKIDS, the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, and entertainment trade magazine Variety announced the creation of the new film festival in June.
The film also won the Silver Prize for the “Best Animated Feature Film” audience award at Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival in August.
The inaugural “Animation is Film” festival announced its initial competition film lineup on Friday.