FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SONY PICTURES CLASSICS TO RELEASE MAMORU HOSODA’S ANIMATED FILM ‘SCARLET’ IN NORTH AMERICA
Sony Pictures Releasing International will distribute throughout the rest of the world
The film will have its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival, as well as premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival and the New York Film Festival
NEW YORK, NY (August 25, 2025) – Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they will release SCARLET, from Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Mamoru Hosoda, in North America. Sony Pictures Releasing International will distribute throughout the rest of the world for Columbia Pictures. The animated film will have its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival, as well as premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival and the New York Film Festival. SCARLET will have a qualifying run this year, followed by an early 2026 release.
From visionary Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Mamoru Hosoda (MIRAI) comes a powerful, time-bending animated adventure about SCARLET, a medieval-era, sword fighting princess on a dangerous quest to avenge the death of her father. After failing at her mission and finding herself gravely injured in the Otherworld that exists somewhere between life and death, she encounters an idealistic young man from our present day who not only helps her to heal but shows her the possibility of a future free of bitterness and rage. When confronted again by her father's killer, Scarlet faces her most daunting battle: can she break the cycle of hatred and find meaning in life beyond revenge?
“As we witness heartbreaking conflicts around the world, I believe that finding love and choosing to live together in unity is what will lead us towards something better. That’s why I want to share this new film with the world — now more than ever,” said director Mamoru Hosoda.
SCARLET is produced by Yuichiro Saito under Studio CHIZU, the animation studio co-founded by Saito and Hosada, Toshimi Tanio under Nippon TV and Nozomu Takahashi, under Studio CHIZU. Sony Pictures co-produced and co-financed, in addition to Studio CHIZU and Nippon TV.
“A masterful work from a world class filmmaker,” said Sony Pictures Classics.
ABOUT SONY PICTURES CLASSICS
Michael Barker and Tom Bernard serve as co-presidents of Sony
Pictures Classics—an autonomous division of Sony Pictures Entertainment they
founded with Marcie Bloom in January 1992—which distributes, produces, and
acquires independent films from around the world. Barker and Bernard have
released prestigious films that have won 42 Academy Awards® (38 of those at
Sony Pictures Classics) and have garnered 190 Academy Award® nominations (164
at Sony Pictures Classics) including Best Picture nominations for I’M STILL
HERE, THE FATHER, CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, WHIPLASH, AMOUR, MIDNIGHT IN PARIS, AN
EDUCATION, CAPOTE, HOWARDS END, and CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON.
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