Synopsis:
The film relates Bastien’s multiple and unsuccessful attempts to initiate a dialogue with his grandfather using an excellent combination of art styles to lay out a story of war trauma, family conflict, creative process and ultimately filial love…
- Director:
- Bastien Dubois
- Year:
- 2020
- Country:
- France
- Running time:
- 15 min.
- Technique:
- 2D Animation, Hand-drawn Animation, Mixed media
- Production type:
- Professional
- Producers:
- Amiel Tenenbaum, Simon Penochet
- Animators:
- Lucas Morandi, Mathilde le Moal, Mylene Cagnoli, Myrtille Pautet, Kelsi Phung, Julie Bousquet, Olivier Ladeuix, Léa Bancelin, Laure Clemansaud, Christophe Congard, Charles Ouvrard, Fabien Corre, Gabriel Jacquel, Thomas Machart, Gilles Cuvelier, Claire Trolle
- Script writer:
- Bastien Dubois
- Music composers:
- Anetha, Vandy Roc, Antonio Vivaldi, John Hunter Jr, Jonathan Slott
- Sound designers:
- Vandy Roc, Lionel Guenoun
- Productions:
- Blast Films, Arte, Pictanovo
- Distribution:
- Miyu Distribution
- Genre:
- Drama
- Tags:
- Relationships, War, Trauma
- Audience:
- 16+
- Language:
- French
- Festival selections:
- Flickerfest International Short Film Festival, Fantoche International Animation Film Festival, Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film, ANIMATOU International Animation Film Festival, Spark Animation, Interfilm International Short Film Festival Berlin, Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF), Animateka International Animated Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, Anima - the Brussels International Animation Film Festival, Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, Kaboom Animation Festival, Doc Edge International Documentary Film Festival, Palm Springs International ShortFest, Dokufest, Linoleum Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival, Encounters Film Festival, Guanajuato International Film Festival, Viborg Animation Festival, Reykjavík International Film Festival, Uppsala Short Film Festival, Alcine – Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares, Cinanima International Animated Film Festival
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