PROGRAM
All titles are in French with English subtitles. Suitable for ages 13 and up. Viewable in California only.
NUIT CHÉRIE
By: Lia Bertels
Belgium / 2019 / 13 min 46 sec
In the middle of winter in the country of the Yeti, a bear cannot fall asleep. He’s thinking too much and is in the doldrums. A white monkey suggests going to eat some honey at his Aunt’s to change his mood.
Annecy in competition.
Festival Castelli animati in competition.
SORORELLE
By: Frédéric Even, Louise Mercadier
France / 2019 / 15 min
Three sisters have to face a cataclysm: the coming flood of the lands where they live by the Sea. Facing chaos, the sorority is disrupted and each one experiences the imminence of death in a different way internally.
Festival selections: Tokyo, Grenoble, Huesca Espagne, Stuttgart, Monostor Hongrie, Riff Italie, FICFA Acadie, Cinanima Portugal, Alcine Espagne, Animania Arménie, Anim’est Roumanie, Sacramento.
À LA MODE
By: Jean Lecointre
France / 2020 / 8 min 40s
In a kingdom tormented by fashion crazes, a queen and her court must always keep up with the new trend. If not, an abominable monster will consume them: The Ridicule.
Festival selections: Nouveau Monde Montreal, Animatou Suisse, Trouville.
Prix Unifrance du court métrage France 2020.
15 minute intermission
GENIUS LOCI
By: Adrien Mérigeau
France / 2019 / 16 min 20 sec
One night, Reine, a young loner, sees the urban chaos as mystical oneness that seems alive, like some sort of guide.
Festival international du film de Hong Kong (Hong-Kong, 2020) Prix Firebird.
Festival international du film d'animation d'Annecy (France, 2020) Mention du jury.
Festival de courts-métrages indépendants de Vienne (Autriche, 2020) Prix de la meilleure animation.
Festival international du court-métrage de Nimègue (Go Short) (Pays-Bas, 2020).
Prix du meilleur film d'animation.
Berlinale (Allemagne, 2020) Audi Short Film Award.
Festival international du court-métrage de Clermont-Ferrand (France, 2020).
Mention spéciale du jury national.
ON EST PAS PRÈS D’ÊTRE DES SUPER HÉROS
By: Lia Bertels
Belgium, Portugal, France / 2019 / 12 min 13 sec
When you’re a child, there’s this tender moment when the boundary between fantasy and reality is shattered. Here is the testimony of these children between two worlds, to whom a voice was freely given.
Anima (Belgique, 2020) Prix du meilleur court-métrage belge.
Festival international du court-métrage de Clermont-Ferrand (France, 2020).
Prix Bourse La Poule qui pond édition.
EMPTY PLACES
By: Geoffroy de Crécy
France / 2020 / 8 min 30s
Completed before the global lockdown, Empty Places is an ode to the melancholy of machines.
Annecy Prix festival connexion 2020.
LUZ
By: John Banana
France / 2019 / 7 min 30 sec
Problems can cloud your vision, but the key to Cloudia’s happiness may be right under her nose.
Three sisters have to face a cataclysm: the coming flood of the lands where they live by the Sea. Facing chaos, the sorority is disrupted and each one experiences the imminence of death in a different way internally.
Festivals and Awards
Selections en festivals 2020: Tokyo, Grenoble, Huesca Espagne, Stuttgart, Monostor Hongrie, Riff Italie, FICFA Acadie, Cinanima Portugal, Alcine Espagne, Animania Arménie, Anim’est Roumanie, Sacramento.
- Year2019
- Runtime15 min
- LanguageFrench
- CountryFrance
- DirectorFrédéric Even, Louise Mercadier
PROGRAM
All titles are in French with English subtitles. Suitable for ages 13 and up. Viewable in California only.
NUIT CHÉRIE
By: Lia Bertels
Belgium / 2019 / 13 min 46 sec
In the middle of winter in the country of the Yeti, a bear cannot fall asleep. He’s thinking too much and is in the doldrums. A white monkey suggests going to eat some honey at his Aunt’s to change his mood.
Annecy in competition.
Festival Castelli animati in competition.
SORORELLE
By: Frédéric Even, Louise Mercadier
France / 2019 / 15 min
Three sisters have to face a cataclysm: the coming flood of the lands where they live by the Sea. Facing chaos, the sorority is disrupted and each one experiences the imminence of death in a different way internally.
Festival selections: Tokyo, Grenoble, Huesca Espagne, Stuttgart, Monostor Hongrie, Riff Italie, FICFA Acadie, Cinanima Portugal, Alcine Espagne, Animania Arménie, Anim’est Roumanie, Sacramento.
À LA MODE
By: Jean Lecointre
France / 2020 / 8 min 40s
In a kingdom tormented by fashion crazes, a queen and her court must always keep up with the new trend. If not, an abominable monster will consume them: The Ridicule.
Festival selections: Nouveau Monde Montreal, Animatou Suisse, Trouville.
Prix Unifrance du court métrage France 2020.
15 minute intermission
GENIUS LOCI
By: Adrien Mérigeau
France / 2019 / 16 min 20 sec
One night, Reine, a young loner, sees the urban chaos as mystical oneness that seems alive, like some sort of guide.
Festival international du film de Hong Kong (Hong-Kong, 2020) Prix Firebird.
Festival international du film d'animation d'Annecy (France, 2020) Mention du jury.
Festival de courts-métrages indépendants de Vienne (Autriche, 2020) Prix de la meilleure animation.
Festival international du court-métrage de Nimègue (Go Short) (Pays-Bas, 2020).
Prix du meilleur film d'animation.
Berlinale (Allemagne, 2020) Audi Short Film Award.
Festival international du court-métrage de Clermont-Ferrand (France, 2020).
Mention spéciale du jury national.
ON EST PAS PRÈS D’ÊTRE DES SUPER HÉROS
By: Lia Bertels
Belgium, Portugal, France / 2019 / 12 min 13 sec
When you’re a child, there’s this tender moment when the boundary between fantasy and reality is shattered. Here is the testimony of these children between two worlds, to whom a voice was freely given.
Anima (Belgique, 2020) Prix du meilleur court-métrage belge.
Festival international du court-métrage de Clermont-Ferrand (France, 2020).
Prix Bourse La Poule qui pond édition.
EMPTY PLACES
By: Geoffroy de Crécy
France / 2020 / 8 min 30s
Completed before the global lockdown, Empty Places is an ode to the melancholy of machines.
Annecy Prix festival connexion 2020.
LUZ
By: John Banana
France / 2019 / 7 min 30 sec
Problems can cloud your vision, but the key to Cloudia’s happiness may be right under her nose.
Three sisters have to face a cataclysm: the coming flood of the lands where they live by the Sea. Facing chaos, the sorority is disrupted and each one experiences the imminence of death in a different way internally.
Festivals and Awards
Selections en festivals 2020: Tokyo, Grenoble, Huesca Espagne, Stuttgart, Monostor Hongrie, Riff Italie, FICFA Acadie, Cinanima Portugal, Alcine Espagne, Animania Arménie, Anim’est Roumanie, Sacramento.
- Year2019
- Runtime15 min
- LanguageFrench
- CountryFrance
- DirectorFrédéric Even, Louise Mercadier
