Synopsis
We’re not sure of the period or place. A child emerges from white fog to walk across desolate countryside that has a post-apocalyptic appearance. He crosses paths with a taller child dressed in the same clothes as he’s wearing. This encounter has something very threatening about it.
Credits
Director (1)
Actresses (2)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Aurora Films
Full credits (7)
- Executive Producer : Jean-Christophe Reymond
- Screenwriter : Arnaud Gautier
- Director of Photography : Rémi Mazet
- Editor : Anne-Catherine Mailles
- Sound recordists : Arnaud Gautier, Sébastien Noiré
- Costume designers : Citronelle Dufay, Alice Puech
- Production designers : Citronelle Dufay, Alice Puech
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Fairy tale, Bizarre
- Themes : Childhood, War
- Production language : No dialogue
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2005
- Runtime : 10 min 51 seconds
- Visa number : 111.403
- Visa issue date : 12/09/2005
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
- Audio format : Dolby SR
- Rating restrictions : None
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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.
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Future Film Festival in Bologna.
It was nominated for the 2015 César for Best Animated Short Film.
