by Alex Billington
November 11, 2026
Source: YouTube
“A magical hand-drawn movie.” Sony Pictures Classics finally debuted the official US trailer for an indie animated film titled Iron Boy, made in France by the French filmmaker Louis Clichy. It’s exquisite indeed! This originally premiered at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section, and also won tons of awards at the Annecy Film Festival including the Audience Award and Jury Award. A co-production between France and Belgium, the story follows the 11-year-old Christophe, who tries to live up to his rigid and distant father working on their family farm in Beauce in the 1980s. One day he’s fitted with an “iron corset” to help straighten his spine while growing up. He gets made fun of but learns to makes the most of it anyway, developing a love for playing a huge pipe organ at his local church. With the voices of Gary Clichy as Christophe, Rod Paradot, Brune Moulin, Dimitri Colas, Aurélie Vassort, Alexandre Astier, and Jean-Pascal Zadi as the Priest. The gorgeous art style uses Chinese ink brushes and watercolor painting,
