Completed - FRENCH - Drama, Animation - 28 minutes
Year of production : 2019 Director(s) : Clémence MADELEINE-PERDRILLAT Writer(s) : Clémence MADELEINE-PERDRILLAT Cast : Emi LUCAS-VIGUIER, Frédéric PIERROT, Anne ALVARO Producer(s) : Lionel MASSOL (FILMS GRAND HUIT), Pauline SEIGLAND (FILMS GRAND HUIT)
Violette, an eight years old orphan, is led to move into her uncle Régis' house, who's working as a cleaner at the Palace of Versailles. Violette is shy and she hates him : she thinks he stinks and decides to stop talking to him. In the backstage of the Sun King, the stubborn little girl and the big bear will tame each other and go through mourning together. (version courte : Violette, an 8 years old orphan, is led to move to her uncle's Régis' house, who's working as a cleaner at the Palace of Versailles. She hates him and decides to stop talking to him. They will have to go through their mourning together.)
Country(ies) : FRANCE
Festival International du Film d'Annecy 2019 (Prix du jury)Festival International du Film en plein air de Grenoble 2019 (Prix de la compétition Jeune Public )Unifrance 2019 (Prix Unifrance Jeune Public )Imaginaria 2019 (Best animated Short Film for Kids)Anima Cordoba International Animation Festival – Argentina 2019 (Special mention of the jury)Les Enfants Terribles Film Festival – Belgium 2019 (Coup de Coeur du Jury Jeune )Les Enfants Terribles Film Festival – Belgium 2019 (Coup de Cœur du Jury du Public et coup de coeur cinéma)Dell-IKFF - India 2019 (Best animation short)Reanimania - Arménie 2019 (Best TV & Educational Film)Chicago International Film Festival - USA 2019 (Best animation TV film pour le jury enfant *Best Animation TV Film pour le jury professionnel )Festival Premiers Plans d’Angers 2020 (Prix des enfants, Courts des Petits)New York Children Film Festival – USA 2020 (The New York International Children's Audience Award, Ages 8-12 * The NYICFF "Grown-Ups" Best Short Film Award * The NYICFF Grand Prize Short Film Award, 2020)International Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart – Germany 2020 (Tricks for Kids Award )Festival national film d’animation de Rennes 2020 (Coup de cœur pour une œuvre audiovisuelle de « Les Femmes s’Animent »)ONE Country ONE Film International Festival – Apchat, France 2020 (Best animation film)Indie Lisboa - Portugal 2020 (IndieJunior audience award )25th International Children's Film Festival (… and not so children) – Mexico 2020 (Best Animation Short film for Children )Lublin Film Festival – Pologne 2020 (• Golden Anteater Focus Children Award)