NEON has premiered the new trailer for the animated fantasy feature “Arco” from filmmaker Ugo Bienvenu.
Winning the top prize at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, and playing at both Cannes and Toronto earlier this year, the project is dubbed a “magical and beautifully animated journey through time”.
Arco is a ten-year-old boy from a peaceful, distant future who accidentally travels back to the year 2075 and discovers a world in peril.
As Arco develops a charming and touching friendship with a young girl named Iris, they band together and, along with her trusted robot caretaker Mikki, set out on a quest to get Arco home, while the two children may also be the only ones who can save our planet.
The English voice cast of the film includes Will Ferrell, America Ferrera, Flea, Natalie Portman, Mark Ruffalo, and Andy Samberg.
Bienvenu co-wrote the script with Félix de Givry. Portman, Bienvenu, Givry, Audrey Tondre and Sophie Mas produce. France 3 Cinéma, Netflix, France Télévisions, and Diaphana et Goodfellas Animation produced the project.
“Arco” will be released in select cinemas on November 14th, 2025, for an awards-qualifying run. It will then receive a wider release in early 2026.
