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ANIMATION FEST

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Showcasing a variety of short animations from 2019 and 2020, this curated selection of 7 award-winning pieces from France, Belgium, and Portugal were chosen for their imaginative, colorful expression as well as their moving storylines.

 Animation Fest is presented on International Animation Day, a global event that celebrates the art of animation.  

 The screening will be presented in two 45-minute long segments with a 15-minute intermission. 

 The festival is suitable for ages 13 and up.

 This event is hosted online. All films are in French with English subtitles. This event can only be viewed in California.

This event is made possible thanks to the support of

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PROGRAM

NUIT CHÉRIE

By: Lia Bertels. Country: Belgium

Year: 2019

Run time: 13 min 46 sec

Language: In French with English subtitles.

Production AMBIANCES…ASBL

In the middle of winter in the country of the Yeti, a bear cannot fall asleep. He’s thinking too much and is in the doldrums. A white monkey suggests going to eat some honey at his Aunt’s to change his mood.

SORORELLE

By: Frédéric Even, Louise Mercadier

Country: France

Year: 2019

Run time: 15 min

Language: In French with English subtitles

Three sisters have to face a cataclysm: the coming flood of the lands where they live by the Sea. Facing chaos, the sorority is disrupted and each one experiences the imminence of death in a different way internally.

À LA MODE

By Jean Lecointre

Country: France

Year: 2020

Run time: 8 min 40s

Language: In French with English subtitles

Production: 2.4.7. Films, Schmuby

In a kingdom tormented by fashion crazes, a queen and her court must always keep up with the new trend. If not, an abominable monster will consume them: The Ridicule.

** 15 min intermission

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GENIUS LOCI

By: Adrien Merigeau

Country: France

Year: 2019

Run time: 16 min 20 s

Language: In French with English subtitles

One night, Reine, a young loner, sees the urban chaos as mystical oneness that seems alive, like some sort of guide.

ON EST PAS PRÈS D’ÊTRE DES SUPER HÉROS

By: Lia Bertels

Country: Belgium, Portugal, France

Year: 2019

Run time: 12 min 13 sec

Language: In French with English subtitles

Production : AMBIANCES…ASBL, Animais, Luna Blue Films, La Clairière Ouest.

When you’re a child, there’s this tender moment when the boundary between fantasy and reality is shattered. Here is the testimony of these children between two worlds, to whom a voice was freely given.

EMPTY PLACES

By Geoffroy de Crécy

Country: France

Year: 2020

Run time: 8 min 30s

Language: No DIalogue

Completed before the global lockdown, Empty Places is an ode to the melancholy of machines.

LUZ

By: John Banana

Country: France

Year: 2019

Run time: 7 min 30 sec

Language: In French with English subtitles

Problems can cloud your vision, but the key to Cloudia’s happiness may be right under her nose.

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