Synopsis
A call from off-shore, an assumption and an erroneous judgement lead to an inevitable denouement in this animation film. But what else could we expect, given our perception of reality?
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains
Full credits (6)
- Screenwriter : Daan Spruijt
- Directors of Photography : Daan Spruijt, Emiel De Jong, Sylvain Briend
- Sound Recordist : Yannick Delmaire
- Voice : Nicole Mischler, Rod Ben Zeev
- Production Designer : Daan Spruijt
- Sound Mixer : Simon Apostolou
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Animated film
- Sub-genre : Experimental, Video art
- Themes : The absurd, Metamorphosis
- Production language : English
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2006
- Runtime : 8 min 29 seconds
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- 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.
🎄🎁 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.