SCAD Savannah Film Festival Reveals 2025 Pixels and Pencils Lineup

• The SCAD Savannah Film Festival has announced the programming for their signature animation series, Pixels and Pencils, this year in collaboration with Variety.
• Pixels and Pencils will honor the year’s top-rated animated features.
• Variety’s chief awards editor, Clayton Davis, will be moderating the annual roundtable event.
• This year, the event is expected to feature a record-breaking number of participants.

A SCAD for the Books

The Savannah College of Art and Design’s annual Film Festival is bringing cartoons off the screen and into the spotlight. The festival’s signature offering, Pixels and Pencils, will this year be presented in partnership with Variety. The events will see an unprecedented number of shining stars from the world of animation, all vying for an animated chat with Clayton Davis, Variety’s very own chief awards editor.

Animation Sensation

As for the animations themselves, we’re expecting nothing short of a doodle-ful delight. If the stars of the show are anything to go by, with their dizzyingly diverse collection of animated features, we’re all in for a treat.

This broadcast from the world of animation seems to be promising a fantastical feast for the eyes and mind, and we can’t wait to see what these animated maestros have up their well-illustrated sleeves. Of course, nothing in the cartoon world is complete without a little dash of drama – and what could be more dramatic than a record-breaking lineup?

And now, for our hot take: the SCAD Savannah Film Festival, with their animated antics, might just be the festival equivalent of a superhero team – bringing together incredible talents from different backgrounds, all with one mission: to save the world from monotonous media. So, sit back, relax, and let the animated avengers deliver a dose of delightful dynamism!

Unveiling the schedule for the celebrated animation showcase, Pixels and Pencils, at the SCAD Savannah Film Festival this year. Proudly partnered with Variety, we spotlight exceptional animated feature directors and climax with an annual interactive session led by the acclaimed Variety editor, Clayton Davis. This iteration features an unprecedented number of female directors and introduces the first animated short in the discussion panel. The engaging panel discussion is slated for Monday, Oct. 27.

The selected animation masterpieces and their brilliant directors are:

Arco (Display by Neon), curated by Ugo Bienvenu
Elio (Presented by Pixar), envisioned by Domee Shi and Madeline Sharafian
In Your Dreams (A Netflix Original), directed by Alex Woo
KPop Demon Hunters (Brought to you by Netflix), from Chris Appelhans and Maggie Kang
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (Under the banner of GKids), a collaboration of Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han Jin Kuang
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Chrome Alone 2—Lost in New Jersey (A Paramount Pictures Feature), designed by Kent Seki

This panel focuses on animated gems vying for awards, with a notable list of past participants such as Academy Award nominees like Inside Out 2, Memoir of a Snail, The Wild Robot, and the Oscar-winning Flow. The SCAD Savannah Film Festival, hosted by the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), is scheduled from Oct. 25 to Nov. 1. Grab your festival passes for 2025 now!

Bucket list event tickets available from Friday, Oct. 3.

Original article: https://www.skwigly.co.uk/scad-2025-lineup/