Category: 3D Animation Spotlight (Page 1 of 104)

Short Film Spotlight: Hush Hush Little Bear

Synopsis: While the bear parents are away looking for berries and honey, the baby bears stay at home with the sheep.

The bear cubs have a good time playing merrily with a ball of yarn, but soon enough the cubs find themselves all tangled up and everything is turned upside down!

Luckily the sheep help them put everything in order again.

Original title: Cuci cuci.

Directed by Mara Linina.

Based on the traditional Latvian lullaby.

Sound Design by Girts Biss.

Music by Jekabs Nimanis.

Song performed by Kristine Zadovska and Andris Keiss.

Short Film Spotlight: Memento Vitae

Synopsis: On Halloween night, three disguised kids go on a wild trick-or-treating rampage through town, until a mysterious ghost train confronts them with a tragic memory.

Directed by:
Lola Leviez-Deblauwe
Quitterie Quipourt
Basile Galiegue
Anaïs Lecocq
Mathilde Maigre
Paul-Louis Couton

Original Music by Stéphane Mondino.

Sound Design by Mathilde Maigre.

Sound Editing by Pierre-Antoine Naline.

Sound Mixing by Christian Cartier.

Short Film Spotlight: Le Meles

Synopsis: A shaman tells the legend of the Meles, a terrifying creature roaming the forest, to three little badgers: Arthur, Paul, and Basile. Arthur and Paul play a trick on Basile, pushing him to search for the Meles, but things don’t go as they intended.

Directed by:
Samy Achard
Léonore Bialet
Agathe Casoliva
Léo Cubero
Nèfyse Delavier
Clémence Honorez
Medhi Simonnet
Célia Tempestini

Music by: Jordan Sintes

Sound by:
Guilhem Favard
José Vicente
Sofia Gutierrez-Restrepo
Antoine Smets
Yoann Poncet

Voice cast:
Véronique Augereau as La Chamane
Sarah Schumacher & Célia Tempestini as Basile
Donald Reignoux as Arthur
Léo Cubero as Paul

Short Film Spotlight: The Miracle

Synopsis: The Miracle; a place where the sun always shines, with endless opportunities to relax and food in abundance.

It’s late already when Irma checks in at the resort. As she explores the area the next morning, she quickly comes to realize that everything there is designed to facilitate families.

Irma fully immerses herself in the world of the all-inclusive resort. But how do you relate to a place that constantly confronts you with the things you don’t have?

Written and directed by Nienke Deutz.

Cinematography by Steven Frederickx.

Edited by Nienke Deutz.

Music by Mark Schilders.

Sound by Céline Bernard, Corinne Dubien and Aline Gavroy.

Director’s statement: “The Miracle is a portrait of a single woman in a world that is designed for couples and families with kids. I wanted to portray the confusing feelings and loneliness that can come from being in a place where you feel you don’t fit in.”

Short Film Spotlight: The Smortlybacks Come Back!

Synopsis: In a barren world TamLin of the Little People travels with his herd of splendid smortlybacks in search of greener pastures. They struggle with fear and find themselves stranded at the ocean shore.

With unlikely help from TamSin, a wonderful mermaid, and her disrespectful smortlysharks they cross the ocean and find a happy end.

The Smortlybacks Come Back! is a sequel to The Smortlybacks.

Written and directed by Ted Sieger.

Music by Christoph Utzinger.

Sound design by Thomas Gassmann and Aline Schoch.

Sound mix by Denis Séchaud

Short Film Spotlight: Johanne

Synopsis: In 1944, at the height of the Occupation, a member of the Resistance is given the task of escorting a man through France, which is under great strain. But as the journey unfolds, a silent expectation already seems to be taking shape.

Directed by:
Reda Benslimane
Juliette Gallet
Mattéo Llorens
Astrid Mailhé
Lauren Parmentier
Emma Tintet-Salettis
Evaline Vaïti

Original Score by Mathias Marguier.

Sound by Guilhem Favard, Sébastien Fournier, José Vicente and Yoann Poncet.

Voiced by Ariane Aggiage, Boris Rehlinger and Ollie Siol.

Short Film Spotlight: Amen

Synopsis: A group of pigs are raised peacefully in a monastery when, one day, one of them finds out the truth behind their existence. Thus he decides to free his friends.

Directed by:
Orphée Coutier
Bettina Demarty
Kimie Maingonnat
Laurène Perego
Louise Poulain
Avril Zundel

Original Score by Nicolas Cornil.

Sound Mix by Pierre-François Renouf.

Short Film Spotlight: Historia de un oso (Bear Story)

Synopsis: An old bear goes out every day to the same corner to put on a street show with a small theater that he has built himself and filled with tin puppets. Passers-by can see the story of a circus bear who was separated from his family and his journey to return home.

Bear Story is inspired by the life of Leopoldo Osorio, director Gabriel Osorio’s grandfather, a political exile during Chile’s military dictatorship.

In won Best Animated Short Film at the 88th Academy Awards, making it the first Latin American-produced animated short film to be nominated for and win an Oscar.

Directed by Gabriel Osorio.

Written by Daniel Castro and Gabriel Osorio.

Short Film Spotlight: Ombr

Synopsis: The old memories of an ancient family resurface through the walls of an old abandoned house.

Directed by:
Charles Menet
Mathis Binauld
Célia Rakotoarisoa
Lucie Jelmoni
Margaux Bonnet
Njike Ngassam Rick Vanel

Original Music by Thomas Peyrounette.

Sound Design by Charles Menet.

Sound Editing by Pierre-Antoine Naline.

Sound Mix by Christian Cartier.

Short Film Spotlight: L’Armure (The Armor)

Note: Switch the audio track to French. The English track is auto-generated.

Synopsis: In a faraway land, a goblin finds himself cursed and trapped in the body of an empty suit of armor. After years of failing to regain his former body, the Armor decides to end it all… until he meets Eustace.

Directed by:
Mathieu De Macedo
Elodie Dubos
Lucas Eugene
Mila Jourdan
Adélaïde Langouet
Elisabeth Moreau
Claire Pendelio
Théo Rubin

Original score by Matthieu Monot.

Sound by Baptiste Leblanc, José Vicente and Yoann Poncet.

Voiced by Emmanuel Curtil and Gabriel Bismuth-Bienaime.

Short Film Spotlight: Théâtre de Guerre (Theater of War)

Synopsis: During a theatrical performance featuring puppets glorifying war, a wounded soldier is taken backstage where he unveils the truth about war.

Directed by:
Arthur Lecocq
Gabriel Delcroix
Arthur Delcroix
Romuald Gouriou
Julien Vanas
Noëmie Ivelou
Clarence Delehaye

Original Music by Jordan Philipe.

Sound Design by Arthur Lecocq.

Sound Editing by Pierre-Antoine Naline.

Sound Mix by Christian Cartier.

Short Film Spotlight: Inspecteur Gallimard

Note: Switch the audio track to French. The English track is auto-generated.

Synopsis: In New York, Detective Gallimard, an anthropomorphic goat, investigates a murder. In reality, he is just the neighborhood madman, dressed in a bathrobe, propelling himself into a delirious quest, bothering everyone he encounters.

Original Concept by Thomas Soulé.

Directed by:
Valentin Asensi
Alexi Azibert
Clara Cledes
Hadrien Clement
Ariana Da Cunha Oliveira
Fanny Drevet
Léna Milla Duffaut
Karina Estanol
Thomas Soulé

Music by Antoine Galvani.

Sound by José Vicente, Tristan Le Bozec, Yoann Poncet, Sofia Guttierez-Restrepo and Antoine Smets.

Voice cast:
Emmanuel Curtil as Gallimard
Véronique Augereau as Pipa
Serge Faliu as Spike / Cochon
Alexis Tomassian Alexis as Léon

Short Film Spotlight: Budo

Synopsis: A lonely widow finds comfort in the company of a hungry stray cat, which soon takes over her life in unimaginable ways.

Written by Alexander Toma.

Directed by Alexander Toma and Amanda Aagard.

Cinematography, Edit and Sound Design by Alexander Toma.

Set Design and Character Design by Amanda Aagard.

Original Soundtrack by Isak Lundholm.

Sound Mix and Mastering by Anders Kwarnmark.

Voiced by Mayuko Lindström, Emrik Lindström, Kiyomi Nishimatsu, Mai Mashiro and Moriyuki Hishida.

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