6th and 7th September 2009
Venice Lido

Several world previews from the animation cinema universe will enrich the 66th Venice Film Festival on the occasion of the presentation of John Lasseter and the Pixar Animation Studios directors with the Golden Lion award for lifetime achievement .

The world premiere screenings of Toy Story and Toy Story 2 in 3D as well as of some sequences of the new Christmas feature film by the Disney–Pixar, The Princess and the Frog, will be on 6th and 7th September 2009. The latter, directed by Ron Clemens and John Musker, is the new transposition of the Grimm Brothers’ classic fable. It takes place in the New Orleans of the Twenties: the protagonist is a black princess, marked by the politically correct. After so many years, for The Princess and the Frog, the Disney is back to the hand made traditional animation.

The screening of Toy Story in 3D has got a great symbolic value, as it is the first film produced by the Pixar Studios, completely realized by means of computers. Then it was followed by Toy Story 2 (1999), directed by Lasseter as well. Now, taking the latest frontiers of the digital technology in 3D ‘towards the never-ending and beyond’, the two films have been carefully reproduced in 3D starting from the original digital files. Both films will be presented in the United States in a special ‘double feature’ 3D version next 2nd October. It seems that there are also other surprises in store. For the time being it is sure then that the tribute to the authors and the adventure of the Disney-Pixar will include a retrospective with the screenings of Finding Nemo, 2003 by Andrew Stanton and The Incredibles, 2004, by Brad Bird, in addition to the Italian premiere of Up by Pete Docter. TD