The Mechanical Waltz

A Short film of

Production year2015

Runtime

Synopsis

The Mechanical Waltz takes you into a world populated with puppets victims of their well orchestrated life everyday life. until this rainy morning when some musical notes, out of time of the gloom, are going to change everything. When a puppet releases itself from his threads and gets to like the freedom, it is then no longer question for it to allow itself to be manipulated.

Credits

Director (1)

Julien Dykmans
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Production and distribution (1)

Film exports/foreign sales : Force de l'Image Production

Full credits (9)

Screenwriter : Julien Dykmans

Music Composer : Amaury Bernier

Editors : Julien Dykmans, Louis Philip Vermette

Sound Recordist : Amaury Bernier

Producer : Julien Dykmans

Voice : Jean-Paul Vlasschaert

Special Effects : Julien Dykmans

Visual effects : Julien Dykmans

Storyboard artists : Julien Dykmans, Louis Philip Vermette

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Technical details

Type : Short film
Genres : Animated film
Sub-genre : 2D & 3D animation, Fantasy
Themes : Freedom, Love, Transport
Production language : French
Production country : France
Original French-language productions : Unspecified
Nationality : 100% French (France)
Production year : 2015
Runtime : 5 min 47 seconds
Visa number : 142.878
Visa issue date : 02/11/2015
Production formats : Digital creation - HD
Color type : Color
Aspect ratio : 1.77
Audio format : Stereo
Rating restrictions : None

Box-office & releases

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News & awards

Selections (8)

Brooklyn - International Film Festival
United States, 2016
Compétition internationale
Oporto International Film Festival (Fantasporto)
Portugal, 2016
Compétition internationale
Anima
Belgium, 2016
Compétition nationale
International Festival of Francophone Film in Acadie (FICFA)
Canada, 2015
Compétition internationale

Resources

Website(1)

www.lavalsemecanique.com

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