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.
Completed before the global lockdown, Empty places is an ode to the melancholy of machines.
Festivals and Awards
Annecy Prix festival connexion 2020.
- Year2020
- Runtime8 min 30 sec
- LanguageNo Dialogue
- CountryFrance
- DirectorGeoffroy de Crécy
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.
Completed before the global lockdown, Empty places is an ode to the melancholy of machines.
Festivals and Awards
Annecy Prix festival connexion 2020.
- Year2020
- Runtime8 min 30 sec
- LanguageNo Dialogue
- CountryFrance
- DirectorGeoffroy de Crécy
