Category: Productions

Traditional animation short film, oil painting and digital – 15 min

Director and screenplay: David Doutel, Vasco Sá
Co-production: Bando à Parte (Portugal)
Support: Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual (ICA), Ciclic, Pictanovo, CNC – production support

Synopsis

In the middle of winter, a frozen river runs alongside the house where two cousins live. On that day, the rising cold wind will put the growing harshness of their relationship to the test.

Festivals and awards

19 awards and 129 international selections, including the Grand Prix at the Busan International Short Film Festival (Korea), Best Art Direction at Anima Mundi (Brazil), and Best Animation Award at the Tehran International Short Film Festival (Iran).

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short film – 17 min – 2022

Director: Nils Hamelin
Screenplay: Nils Hamelin and Suäéna Airault
Support: Pictanovo (production support) and Le Fresnoy – National Studio for Contemporary Arts

Synopsis

Mary, a teenager in search of new experiences, lives alone with her mother. Fascinated by a boy of captivating beauty she glimpses through a bus window, she gives herself to him without restraint. But will this impulse remain without consequence?

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2D/3D animated short film – 13 min – 2017

Director: Fabienne Giezendanner
Screenplay: Fabienne Giezendanner, Albertine, and Germano Zullo
Co-production: Nadasdy Films (Switzerland)
Support: Pictanovo (production and music support), Swiss Federal Office of Culture, Cinéforom, Loterie Romande, RTS, Arenberg Creative Mine, MIGROS Pour-cent culturel
Based on: the book by Albertine and Germano Zullo

Synopsis

Strange objects rise into the sky: a sculpted staircase inlaid with diamonds, a golden dome, a wave pool… Two billionaires, Agenor-Agobar Poirier des Chapelles and Willigis Kittycly Junior, compete to build the tallest and most luxurious skyscraper. How far will they go?

Festivals and awards

Over 70 selections in international festivals between 2017 and 2019, including Bristol Encounters (UK), Seoul International Youth Film Festival (Korea), Cairo International Animation Forum (Egypt) – Best Political Satire Award at the Honor Film Festival in New York.

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Short film – 20 min – 2022

Director: David Grondin
Co-production: Ishot Films
Support: Pictanovo (production support), Le Fresnoy – National Studio for Contemporary Arts

Synopsis

Jordan, a young boy with a physical disability, shares his despair on social media. His video goes viral, turning him into an internet star. This sudden and unhealthy fame shakes those around him: Bernard, his grandfather, discovers his late wife’s posthumous infidelity; Eli tries to help his friend Jean-Baptiste win back Rose, under the gaze of Claire, a food-porn enthusiast, the irascible Pauline, and the rapper Propal.

Animated fiction combining live action and stop motion – 12 min – 2019

Director and screenplay: Abel Ringot
Co-production: Zéro de Conduite Productions, Cellofan, Canopée, Académie de Lille, Caméra Etc. (Belgium)
Support: Pictanovo

Synopsis

A new paper puppet, Manolo, is born from the hands of Alice, an animation filmmaker. Manolo comes to life and cheerfully decides to embark on his own cinematic adventure in tandem with his creator.

Festivals et récompenses

33 international festivals, including: Grand Prix – Animagê (Brazil), Honorable Mention – KuanDog Prize (Taiwan), Audience Award and Grand Prix for Digital Creation (Challenge Jeunes Talents – Kinepolis de Lomme).

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Traditional and digital animated short film – 11 min – 2019

Director and screenplay: Olga and Tatiana Poliektova
Co-production: Fidélité (Germany), Aquarium Film (Russia)
Support: Pictanovo (production support) and Le Fresnoy – National Studio for Contemporary Arts

Synopsis

A letter of love and hate from a son to his father, in which he finally says everything that had never been expressed.

Festivals and awards

80 festival selections, including Giffoni Film Festival (Italy), Anima Mundi (Brazil), New Zealand International Film Festival, Animest (Romania), Cinekid (Netherlands), etc.
Special Jury Mention – Lucania Film Festival (Italy), Tonino Guerra Prize – Krok International Animation Festival (Russia).

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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.

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Short Film – 22 min – 2024

Director and Screenwriter: Franck Renaud
Co-production: Tropism Studio
Support: Pictanovo (production grant) and Le Fresnoy – National Studio for Contemporary Arts

Synopsis

Upon arriving at the hospital, I discover a patient far sicker than myself: the healthcare system.

Festivals & awards 

Cinémonde Berk sur mer, Festival  International du Film Court d’Angoulême, Festival International du Film de l’Espoir (FIFE).

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