17th Cinema on the Bayou Virtual Film Festival

ANIMATED SHORTS 2 (75 MIN)

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A metallic tetrahedron floats through a milky abyss. All is calm – until this geometric form suddenly deconstructs, atomizing into billions of fragments. What was once a negative space is now dense with chaos. All that was rational and understood has come undone.


This is the beginning of a journey: one of creative destruction where everything solid melts into air, then condenses once more. It’s the hypnotic allegory of the eternal return, a spiritual journey where life and death are infinitely interchangeable.

Through purely abstract forms and movement, Recoding Entropia questions the spectator’s place in the universe, offering an immersive journey into the mysteries of extinction and rebirth.


Director's Biography:


After graduating from Fine Arts, François Vautier worked with contemporary art galleries in Paris. He then embarked upon a collaboration with ARTE (a European television network). Connecting with Raphael Nadjari he founded "A Bout Portant" and "Filmmaker Factory" whereby he continued to produce highly creative opening titles and his first feature film: the thriller "le P'tit Bleu". Continuing his research in design, François expanded on new processes of shooting in virtual studios. His second feature film "Déjà Vu" is a science fiction film. The story of a teenager in a futuristic fable where the reality merges with the virtual. He then prolongs the exploration of "Parallel Worlds" in the realization of "Twenty Show", the first user generated film (co-directed by Godefroy Fouray).


Between 2010 and 2012 he directed 3 experimental short films: “BLADE RUNNER REVISITED” (shown on Canal+), “ABANDONNED PLACES” and “ANTZ IN MY SCANNER” (shown on US Network) which were screened at many festivals through the world, including the Universal Exhibition in Shanghai after totalling several million views on the web. In 2010, he directed the official film presented by France at the Rencontres Internationales in DAVOS. He has also worked with other prestigious organizations such as the National Museums of France and the Royal Opera of London in 2012.

In 2013, he created the scenography of the CNES pavilion at the Salon du Bourget and then the preview show at the FUTUROSCOPE Planetarium in Poitier in 2014. He has also worked with “VIRGIN”, “COCA COLA” and “KERING” and has directed films about the artificial retina: "PIXIUM” and “GENSIGHT“.


Between 2014 and 2016 he directed clips and title sequences for cinema (“E SEMBENE” by Souleymane Cissé and “L’AMI” ) as well as for TV series (“PIGALLE LA NUIT” Canal+, “SIGNATURE” France 2, “AU DELÀ DES MURS” Arte).

Constantly seeking out new processes, in 2017 he directed “I SAW THE FUTURE”, a stereoscopic VR film, presented in official competition at the Venice International Film Festival and broadcasted on the ARTE VR 360 platform, as well as on television. The film has been presented in more than 50 festivals all over the world.


In 2019, he directed "Odyssey 1.4.9", a tribute to Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece, selected at Montreal’s FNC, SXSW, Annecy Festival and Taipei Film Festival. He also worked on an holographic adaptation of the film “I Saw The Future” for the french CNES, presented at the « Salon International d ‘Aéronautique et de l’Espace » in June 2019.


in 2020, he directed "Recoding Entropia", a new experimental VR film, selected at the 77th Venice International Film Festival.





  • Year
    2020
  • Runtime
    8 minutes
  • Country
    France
  • Premiere
    Louisiana Premiere
  • Director
    François Vautier
  • Screenwriter
    François Vautier, Frank Richard
  • Producer
    Jeremy Sahel
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