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Best French Animated Films From Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival is considered to be the most important world event devoted to short films. Every year for almost 30 years the festival has presented approximately 400 fiction and animated films, documentaries and experimental films, which together represent the rich diversity of contemporary cinema.
For the presentation of our festival we have chosen animation films selected from our national competitions in the last five years. Since 2000 an award for best animated film drawn directly under the camera is conferred, in 2001 the award went to Au premier dimanche d'août (A Summer Night Rendez-Vous) by Florence Miailhe. The interest of Clermont-Ferrand however lies also in the confrontation of animation with live-action and documentary films. Here again animation films do a good job, as proven by Gilles Cuvelier's Chahut (Din), which received this year's Youth Jury Prize and Best Sound Design Prize.
A great part (64%) of the programme for Animateka 2006, consisting of 11 films, are 3D computer animated student films. This shows the emergence, vitality and quality of French schools such as Supinfocom (for 3D) as well as La Poudrière or Ecole nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs. Among these young directors one can find prominent individuals, e.g. Florence Miailhe and Jean-Loup Felicioli, who may already be said to have made a lasting impression on the history of French animation.
I wish you a pleasant journey through creative French animation films.
Antoine Lopez
Clermont-Ferrand, 2 October 2006
<:wp>Au premier dimanche d'août / A Summer Night Rendez-vous
Florence Miailhe (Les Films de l'Arlequin)
France, 2000, 35 mm, 11'
On the evening of the summer dance everyone in the village is present. From dusk until dawn music is played, rock, tango, slow dances and waltzes. Night reveals the various couples, the young and old, the new lovebirds, the shy, the drinkers, the troublemakers, and the cries of children.
Best animation film Clermont-Ferrand 2001.
AP 2000
Loïc Bail, Aurélien Delpoux, Sébastien Ebzant, Benjamin Lauwick (Supinfocom)
France, 2000, Beta SP, 8'
On the back of a dog, parasites must fight against an anti-flea product: "AP 2000".
Public Award in the Labo section Clermont-Ferrand 2002.
90°
Jules Janaud, Raphaël Martinez Bachel, François Roisin (Supinfocom)
France, 2005, Beta SP, 9'
From square to circle, a character in pursuit of his own head.
Public Award in Labo section Clermont-Ferrand 2006.
Parenthèse
François Blondeau, Thibault Deloof, Jérémie Droulers, Christophe Stampe (Supinfocom)
France, 2003, Beta SP, 6'
In the bustle of the city, a small man realizes how fast time is running.
Best First Film Award Clermont-Ferrand 2004.
Cafard / Cockroach
Paul Jacamon, Thomas Leonard, Guillaume Marques (Supinfocom)
France, 2005, Beta SP, 5'
A metro trip in a fantastic universe.
Loop
Vincent Baertsoen, Charles Blanchard, Emilie Boyard, Julien "Fox" Rancoeur (Supinfocom)
France, 2004, Beta SP, 8'
A snail takes us through different worlds.
Overtime
Oury Atlan, Thibault Berland, Damien Ferrié (Supinfocom)
France, 2004, 35 mm, 4'
Little ragdolls find their maker dead in his studio. Unable to understand what truly happened they try to get back on with their daily life beside him.
Chahut / Din
Gilles Cuvelier (Les Films du Nord)
France/Belgium, 2005, 35 mm, 12'
In Dunkirk during the carnival, a carnival-goer finds himself alone in the deserted streets. He wanders around for a while before arriving on the beach where he discovers that the noise from the carnival is coming from the sea.
Young Jury Prize and Best Sound Design Clermont-Ferrand 2006.
Ego
Louis Blaise, Thomas Lagache, Bastien Roger (Supinfocom)
France, 2005, Beta SP, 6'
A man faces his reflection.
Le couloir / The Corridor
Jean-Loup Felicioli, Alain Gagnol (Folimage Valence Production)
France/Germany, 2005, 35 mm, 15'
A young couple finds themselves in a very serious financial predicament. The man is offered a job by a particularly unusual shop owner.
Flesh
Edouard Salier (Autour De Minuit)
France, 2005, 35 mm, 10'
The Empire unveils everything but sees nothing. Its enemies idealize everything but tolerate nothing. For some the earthly orgasm of virtual whores. For others the eternal orgasm of 70 heavenly virgins. What if it all came down to flesh?
Procirep Award for Production Clermont-Ferrand 2006.
