New US Teaser for ‘Robot Dreams’ Animated Film About NYC Friends
by Alex Billington
January 4, 2024
Source: YouTube
Neon has unveiled their version of the short teaser trailer for the animated film Robot Dreams, which first premiered at the 2023 Cannes & Annecy Film Festivals last year. This film is one of our favorite animated films of 2023, a delightful little tale of friendship and connection in New York City. It’s on the shortlist for the Oscars, and might just end up with a nomination for Best Animated Film. Robot Dreams is the first animation film by the award-winning director Pablo Berger (Blancanieves). 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 Neon picked up the film for US release. There’s still no final release date set yet for the US debut – but we hope to hear more soon, especially knowing a full trailer is still on the way.
Here’s the first US teaser trailer (+ poster) for Pablo Berger’s Robot Dreams, from Neon’s YouTube:
You can rewatch the international teaser for Berger’s Robot Dreams right here, for the first look again.
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 now release Berger’s Robot Dreams in select US theaters sometime in early 2024 – still waiting for the official date. Look good?
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