Awards season has started in Hollywood. Little Amelie Or The Character of Rain is already getting nominations including the Golden Globes. The animated film is now available on Digital Platforms. The film is about how a simple treat opens up Little Amelie’s perception of the world around her. Here’s the press release from GKIDS and Shout! Studios with all the information about watching the movie this evening:
GKIDS Presents
LITTLE AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN
COMING TO DIGITAL PLATFORMS ON DECEMBER 9
The Critically Acclaimed Golden Globe Nominee
Arrives On Digital
Following Theatrical Run Amid Awards Buzz
Los Angeles, CA – On December 9th, the breathtaking feature LITTLE AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN (original title in French: Amélie et la Métaphysique des tubes) will arrive on digital platforms, including Amazon Prime Video, AppleTV, Google Movies, YouTube Movies, and Fandango At Home, from Academy Award®-winning producer and distributor GKIDS, with distribution by Shout! Studios, a Radial Entertainment company. On the heels of its November theatrical run and Golden Globe nomination for Best Animated Feature, the digital release will be available in its original French and English-language dub. A Blu-ray release will follow in 2026.
For the first years of her life, Amélie never makes a sound. But when her grandmother visits and offers a miraculous bite of chocolate, Amélie suddenly awakens to all the world’s wonders. As she explores her home in post-war Japan, Amélie forms a close bond with her family’s housekeeper, Nishio-san, and discovers new delights in every flower petal, koi pond, and raindrop.
Adapted from the autobiographical novel by Amélie Nothomb and brought to life in the completely original animated style of directors Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han, LITTLE AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN tells a tender, poignant and visually stunning story about the healing power of human connection.
The feature directorial debut of Maïlys Vallade (The Lighthouse Keeper; layout and storyboard artist on I Lost My Body and Calamity) and Liane-Cho Han (animation director on Calamity and Long Way North) made its World Premiere as an Official Selection at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, and went on to host its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, followed by its debut as an Official Selection at BFI London Film Festival. The film has taken home the audience award at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, San Sebastian Film Festival, and Los Angeles’ Animation is Film Festival, among many others. Little Amélie or the Character of Rain is currently nominated for Best European Film and Best European Animated Feature at the European Film Awards.
LITTLE AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN
Directors: Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han
Producers: Nidia Santiago and Edwina Liard (for Ikki Films), Claire La Combe and Henri Magalon (for Maybe Movies)
Screenwriters: Liane-Cho Han, Aude Py, Maïlys Vallade, and Eddine Noël
Cast: Loïse Charpentier, Victoria Grobois, Laetitia Coryn, Yumi Fujimori, Marc Arnaud, and Emmylou Homs
Art Director: Eddine Noël
Editor: Ludovic Versace
About GKIDS
GKIDS is the Academy Award-winning producer and distributor of artist-driven and award-winning animation from around the world. After an astounding 13 Best Animated Feature nominations, the company took home the Oscar in 2024 for Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli’s acclaimed feature, The Boy and the Heron. The company’s previous nominations include The Secret of Kells in 2010, A Cat in Paris and Chico & Rita in 2012, Ernest & Celestine in 2014, The Tale of The Princess Kaguya and Song of the Sea in 2015, Boy and the World and When Marnie Was There in 2016, My Life as a Zucchini in 2017, The Breadwinner in 2018, Mirai in 2019, Wolfwalkers in 2021, and The Boy and the Heron in 2024.
As a leader of the “animation is film” movement, GKIDS has been instrumental in shaping the landscape for feature animation in the US and globally. GKIDS is the North American home of Japan’s legendary Studio Ghibli as well as the works of many of the world’s top animation filmmakers including Makoto Shinkai (Your Name, Weathering With You), Satoshi Kon (Perfect Blue, Millennium Actress), Tomm Moore (Song of the Sea, Wolfwalkers), Mamoru Hosoda (Mirai, Wolf Children), and many others. Recent and upcoming GKIDS releases include Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution, Mamoru Oshii’s Angel’s Egg, and All You Need is Kill from Warner Brothers Japan and Studio 4°C, as well as the groundbreaking hit series DAN DA DAN, NEON GENESIS EVANGELION and Arcane: League of Legends. More recently, GKIDS has begun live action film distribution, including Shin Godzilla from director Hideaki Anno and co-director Shinji Higuchi, and Japan’s record-breaking box office phenomenon, Kokuho, which is Japan’s official Submission for Best International Feature at the 98th Oscars. GKIDS also produces the annual Ghibli Fest national theatrical event and is the founder and producer of ANIMATION IS FILM, the annual LA-based film festival that has become the premier US showcase for feature animation. www.GKIDS.com @GKIDSFilms
About Shout! Studios
Shout! Studios, a Radial Entertainment Company, specializes in film and TV distribution, development, and production. The company has evolved with the changing entertainment landscape to excel in all forms of content distribution, including theatrical, digital streaming, broadcast and in-flight licensing, physical media, and more. Shout! Studios owns Gravitas Ventures and manages a portfolio of thousands of feature films, series, anime, animation, and documentaries. The company’s creative acquisition mandate has established it as a leading independent distributor, with partners and properties including Aardman Animations, The Carol Burnett Show, GKIDS and Studio Ghibli (including the latest Academy Award® -winning masterpiece from Miyazaki, The Boy And The Heron), LAIKA Studios, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Golden Princess movie library, alongside many others. Shout! Studios operates three successful imprints – Shout! Kids for family animation and live-action entertainment, Scream Factory for genre horror films and TV, and Hong Kong Cinema Classics. Shout! Studios also operates the acclaimed streaming service Shout! TV and its family of FAST channels. Shout! Studios produces, acquires, and distributes new films, including Shout! Studios’ original film Old Henry (Tim Blake Nelson), acclaimed Western The Dead Don’t Hurt (Viggo Mortensen, Vicky Krieps), family comedy A Sudden Case of Christmas (Danny DeVito, Andie MacDowell), and the upcoming Western thriller Killing Faith (Guy Pearce, DeWanda Wise, Bill Pullman). Shout! Studios is based in Los Angeles, California. For more on Shout! Studios, visit ShoutStudios.com
About Radial Entertainment
Radial Entertainment is a newly formed global entertainment company, operating the FilmRise and Shout! Studios brands, backed by funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management. As a premier content distribution studio, Radial Entertainment boasts a diverse library of over 70,000 movies and episodes – making it one of the largest independent catalogs in the industry. The company delivers high-quality entertainment across all major consumer platforms, including FAST channels, AVOD, SVOD, TVOD, physical product, theatrical film and more. Its programming spans a wide range of genres, including true crime, reality, animation, action, westerns, award-winning titles, classics, medical, food, U.K. content, cult classics, and horror.
