Synopsis
The film begins like a documentary about cotton production in Burkina Faso, following the harvest, the transformation into thread and calicot, up until its final destination.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Nmc Production
- Film exports/foreign sales : Vue sur Court
Full credits (6)
- Executive Producer : François Morgant
- Screenwriter : V. Sarah Gurévick
- Director of Photography : Sébastien Veyrin-Forrer
- Editor : V. Sarah Gurévick
- Sound recordists : Simon Williams, Tristan Essyad
- Costume designers : Françoise Rovillard, Christine Gurévick
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Fairy tale, Black comedy
- Themes : Immigration, Racial discrimination
- Production language : Silent
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French
- Production year : 2004
- Runtime : 7 min
- Visa number : 101.307
- Production formats : Digital video
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.33
- Audio format : Mono
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Awards (1)
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A Town Called Panic: The Christmas Log (2013), by Vincent Patar & Stéphane Aubier
The year’s end celebrations are coming. Christmas : the tree, the dinner, the presents. Indian and Cowboy are expecting their presents eagerly. Overexcited by the organisation of the celebration, they fight and destroy the Yule log on which Horse was putting the last touch. Horse is livid and cancels the gifts from Santa Claus. How will they win back the favours of Horse and The Old Bearded Man? How will they retrieve their gifts ? For Indian and Cowboy begins a long, very long Christmas Eve.
🎄🎁 This new episode of cult animated series ‘A Town Called Panic’ was selected for festivals around the world, and notable gathered the Audience First Prize at the Bologna
Future Film Festival in Bologna.
It was nominated for the 2015 César for Best Animated Short Film.
