Best animation nominee at Shanghai Film Festival to be released in China soon

Disney veteran Tony Bancroft's animation film "Magical Circus: Animal Crackers" will be released on Saturday.

The Sino-US co-production is one of the films nominated for Best Animation at the Golden Goblet Awards during the Shanghai International Film Festival in June.

The film follows a family whose life is turned upside down when they inherit a rundown circus and a mysterious box of Animal Crackers, which magically change the person who eats them into the animal they have eaten.

To promote the film, the Chinese producer invited singer Zhou Bichang to sing the theme song for Magical Circus.

Chinese singer Zhou Bichang attends a promotional event for animated film "Magical Circus: Animal Crackers" in Beijing on Tuesday, July 17, 2018.[Photo: China Plus]

Zhou also attended a promotional event Tuesday in Beijing.

'When I sang this song, many joyful scenes came into my mind. My song may guide moviegoers to enter a wonderful circus world."

Last month, Magical Circus: Animal Crackers premiered in competition at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival.