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Bobbypills' 'Jim Queen' premieres at Cannes 2026: a gay sci-fi animation

festival-fair · 2026-05-18

French animation studio Bobbypills presents its debut feature film 'Jim Queen' at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. The pop-aesthetic, self-deprecating film explores a fictional disease that turns gay people straight, set in a delirious gay galaxy. The film marks Bobbypills' first feature-length project, known for their distinctive animated style.

Key facts

  • Bobbypills is a French animation studio
  • 'Jim Queen' is their first feature-length film
  • The film premiered at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival
  • The film has a pop aesthetic and is full of self-deprecation
  • The plot involves a disease that turns homosexuals into heterosexuals
  • The film is set in a gay galaxy
  • The film is an animated feature
  • The film is described as delirious

Entities

Institutions

  • Bobbypills
  • Festival de Cannes

Locations

  • Cannes
  • France

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