Facts
- Announced
- curate Drawn Universes: Visions in Animation program at Toronto Film Festival (Toronto Film Festival) · 2026-10-08
- Announced
- guest curator for Toronto International Film Festival's animation special program 'Drawn Universes: Visions in Animation' · 2026-05-31
- Announced
- guest curating Drawn Universes: Visions in Animation screening program at TIFF Lightbox · 2026-05-26
- Noted
- selected 17 features and four shorts for the program · 2026-10-08
- Noted
- will introduce screenings of Richard Williams' The Thief and the Cobbler and Isao Takahata's Anne of Green Gables · 2026-10-08
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Oct 8
The Toronto Film Festival will run Drawn Universes: Visions in Animation, a classic film program curated by director Masaaki Yuasa, from Nov. 19 to Dec. 29 at TIFF Lightbox. Yuasa selected 17 features and four shorts, including work by Katsuhiro Otomo, Hayao Miyazaki, Sylvain Chomet and Rene Laloux. The series opens with Paul Grimault's The King and the Mockingbird and includes Yuasa introducing screenings of Richard Williams' The Thief and the Cobbler and Isao Takahata's Anne of Green Gables.
May 31
Masaaki Yuasa has been appointed guest curator for the Toronto International Film Festival's new animation special program "Drawn Universes: Visions in Animation," running from November to December this year. The program builds on the festival's "Animate" series and follows the 2023 "Pop Japan!" showcase. Yuasa, known for "Mind Game" and the upcoming "The Life of Chrysanthemum," will select the lineup. Screening details will be announced later.
May 26
The Toronto International Film Festival announced that Masaaki Yuasa will guest curate Drawn Universes: Visions in Animation, a two-month screening program running at TIFF Lightbox in November and December. The series will survey animation history with a focus on anime, including influential legacy artists and contemporary creators.