The animated Oscar hopeful, which premiered at last summer’s Cannes Film Festival, follows a lonely dog who buys a robot companion, based on the graphic novel by Sarah Varon.
The first official teaser trailer has dropped for Robot Dreams, the animated Oscar hopeful that premiered at last summer’s Cannes Film Festival.
Robot Dreams is set in New York City, sometime in the 1980s. In the film, a lonely dog spots a TV ad selling a robot companion and immediately orders it. After putting the robot together, the pooch and his new bud head out and explore the city, encountering life, music, companionship, and joy that had been missing from the dog’s life until then.
During a pleasant visit to Coney Island, Robot dries up, becomes paralyzed, and gets stuck on the beach. Dog is forced to leave Robot there until the beach re-opens in the summer. As the seasons pass, Dog tries to find new friends, while Robot can lie on the beach with his dreams. Will the friends ever find each other again?
Pablo Berger directs from his script, based on the graphic novel by Sarah Varon. Inspired by Buster Keaton and early 20th-century Hollywood films, the film is a gentle, playful, loving, and refreshingly non-sarcastic take on friendship. It’s a story we all need.
Sandra Tapia Dias, Ignasi Estape, Ibon Cormenzana, Berger, and Angel Durandez produce.
Robot Dreams was previously awarded The Special Jury Prize during the 6th edition of Animation is Film (AiF), which ran October 18-22 in Hollywood, as well as the Contrechamp Grand Prix at the 2023 Annecy International Animation Film Festival and Mifa.
Robot Dreams is “coming soon.”
Watch the teaser now:
Source: Neon
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