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Naoko Yamada, Science Saru's Garden of Remembrance Anime Short Film Gets Special Screening at Annecy

The official Garden of Remembrance will have a special screening at this year's Annecy International Animation Film Festival. The film is listed as 18 minutes in length.

Yamada and Science SARU first previewed the anime at last year's Annecy International Animation Film Festival, as part of the festival's Work in Progress track for ongoing productions. Yamada then presented the short film's world premiere at the Scotland Loves Anime event in October. The anime film is scheduled for release this year.

This year's Annecy International Animation Film Festival describes the film:

The anemone flower that "I" liked. A precious flower that holds memories which tie "You" and "I" together. A story that represents "Me", "You", our "Childhood Friend" and our goodbyes.

Manga creator Lovely Summer-chan composed the anime's music.

Yamada was a veteran director on several debut this fall.

At Kyoto Animation, Yamada directed some of the studio's most iconic works, including Sound! Euphonium.

This year's Annecy will take place from June 11-17 in the French town of the same name.

Established in 1960, Annecy is the world's oldest and largest animation film festival.

Sources: Science SARU's Twitter , Annecy, Eiga Natalie