Synopsis
Aman fills out forms behind his desk, a woman repairs a lamp, a street musician plays guitar and a police officer prepares for work. Meanwhile, life goes on outside. But is there really a life outside? Or are we all inside? An experiment in visual storytelling, evoking the struggle to comprehend the larger world, while being trapped like a cog in a machine.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Realise
Full credits (4)
- Executive Producer : David Dusa
- Screenwriter : David Dusa
- Music Composer : Pierre Forcioli-Conti
- Production Designer : Anne Guevel
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Experimental
- Sub-genre : Science fiction
- Themes : Politics
- Production language : No dialogue
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2005
- Runtime : 5 min 3 seconds
- Production formats : Super 16
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Mono
- 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.
🎄🎁 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.
