2D animated short film – 12 min – 2014
Director and screenplay: Fabienne Giezendanner, Graphic design: Albertine Zullo
Co-production: Louise Productions (Switzerland)
Support: Pictanovo (production support), Swiss Federal Office of Culture, Cinéforom, Loterie Romande, RTS.
Synopsis
Little Snow, a young Inuit girl, must catch a bird in order to enter the world of adults. Just as she touches the bird, she tumbles into a strange and unsettling fjord, where she meets the Giant Dwarf—an ogre capable of changing size at will with a single sneeze. A coming-of-age tale for both children and adults.
Festivals & awards
80 festival selections, including a World Premiere at the 2014 Berlinale (Generation section), Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (2015), Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film – ITFS (2015), Cinanima (Portugal, 2014), Uppsala International Short Film Festival (Sweden), Sapporo Short Fest (Japan), Hiroshima International Animation Festival, SICAF (Korea, 2014), Anima Mundi (Brazil, 2014), Palm Springs International ShortFest (USA), and Cinema Mundi (Brazil). Awards include: 2nd Prize Animation Short at Palm Springs International ShortFest, Best Animated Film at the Oregon Independent Film Festival, and Children’s Film Special Mention at the Varna Film Festival.