First Teaser for Animated ‘Arco’ Movie About Rainbows & Time Travel
by Alex Billington
August 21, 2025
Source: YouTube
Meet Arco. Neon has unveiled the first look teaser trailer for a sci-fi animated adventure movie titled Arco, produced by Natalie Portman and directed by young French animation filmmaker Ugo Bienvenu (follow him @ugobienvenu) as his feature directorial debut after many comics and shorts before. What if rainbows were actually time travelers flying across the sky? On his first flight through time, Arco crash lands from the year 3000 into our near future. His fall is witnessed by a little girl, Iris, who helps him return home. Set in 2075, a ten year old girl, Iris, meets Arco. He comes from an idyllic far future where time travel is possible. Iris shelters him and will do whatever it takes to help him return to his time. A wondrous odyssey filled with hope and optimism for our future, Arco is an enchanting fable from breakout filmmaker Ugo Bienvenu. The English-language voice cast for the US release features Will Ferrell, America Fererra, Flea, Natalie Portman, Mark Ruffalo, & Andy Samberg. It’s set for release in theaters this November in the fall. This premiered at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival and will next screen at TIFF & Sitges coming up soon. Enjoy. 🌈
Here’s the first US teaser trailer for Ugo Bienvenu’s animation film Arco, direct from Neon’s YouTube:
A magical and beautifully animated journey through time, Ugo Bienvenu’s Arco is a dazzling adventure about a 10-year-old boy from a peaceful, distant future who accidentally travels back to the year 2075 and discovers a world in peril. As Arco develops a charming and touching friendship with a young girl named Iris, they band together and along with her trusted robot caretaker Mikki, set out on a quest to get Arco home, while the two kids may also be the only ones who can save our planet. Arco is directed by the French comic book artist / animation filmmaker Ugo Bienvenu, making his first feature film after directing many other short films and work co-directing on the “Ant-Man” animated TV series. The screenplay is written by Ugo Bienvenu & Félix de Givry. Produced by Sophie Mas, Natalie Portman, Ugo Bienvenu & Félix de Givry. This initially premiered at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival earlier this year. Neon will debut Bienvenu’s Arco film in select US theaters starting on November 14th, 2025 later this fall. Look good? Want to watch it?
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