by Alex Billington
February 27, 2024
Source: YouTube
"Overflowing with handcrafted charm…" Curzon in the UK has revealed their official trailer for the beloved animated film Robot Dreams, which first premiered at the 2023 Cannes & Annecy Film Festivals last year. The film snuck in and ended up getting nominated for Best Animated Film at the 2024 Academy Awards (after a small qualifying theatrical release in the US last fall). Neon has finally scheduled Robot Dreams to open in US theaters in May 2024, but we're still waiting for their full trailer to drop online (after a teaser). In the meantime, both UK and Australian distributors have unveiled new trailers - they're pretty much the same thing but with different quotes swapped in. A story about friendship, its importance, and its fragility. The dialogue-free animated film is based on the popular graphic novel by Sara Varon, about the adventures and misfortunes of Dog and Robot in NYC during the '80s. Dog is lonely so he orders a Robot companion, but then Robot gets stuck in the sand at the beach one day. I wrote a glowing review of this out of Cannes, and I'm quoted in the Australian version (second trailer below). It's opening first in UK cinemas this March.
Here's the official UK + Aus. trailers (+ poster) for Pablo Berger's Robot Dreams, direct from YouTube:
You can rewatch the international teaser for Berger's Robot Dreams right here, and the US teaser here.
Dog lives in Manhattan and he's tired of being alone. One day after seeing a commercial on television, he decides to build himself a robot, a companion. Their friendship blossoms, until they become inseparable, to the rhythm of 80's NYC. One summer night, Dog, with great sadness, is forced to abandon Robot at the beach. Will they ever meet again? Robot Dreams is written and directed by acclaimed Spanish filmmaker Pablo Berger, also director of the films Die Torremolinos Homevideos, Blancanieves, and Abracadabra previously. Adapted from Sara Varon's graphic novel of the same name. It's produced by Ibon Cormenzana, Ángel Durández, Ignasi Estapé, Sandra Tapia, Jérôme Vidal, and Pablo Berger. This initially premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival earlier this year (read our review). It already opened in Spain and France late last year, and also played briefly for one week for an Oscar qualifying run. Neon will debut Berger's Robot Dreams in select US theaters on May 24th, 2024 at the start of 2024's summer movie season. Look good?