Synopsis
Christmas Eve in a shopping center. A young woman, little girl and star talk-show host suddenly find themselves at odds with their lives. Three characters with nothing in common will go through a similar experience that will lead them to briefly encounter each other in a moment of grace and communion.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (7)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Pavillon Rouge
- Foreign production company : fieber.film
- Film exports/foreign sales : Pavillon Rouge
Full credits (12)
- Executive Producers : Iana Dontcheva, Stéphanie Combot, Cédric Sineux
- Screenwriter : Alix Barbey
- Director of Photography : Pascal Lagriffoul
- Music Composer : After in Paris (Groupe)
- Editor : Rodolphe Molla
- Sound Recordist : Julien Brossier
- Costume designer : Charlotte Bonnet
- Foreign Producer : Mario Stefan
- Sound editors : Florence Hermitte, André Bendocchi-Alves
- Production Designers : Nicolas Lefèbvre, Émilie Ferrenq, François Sacré
- Sales agent : Iana Dontcheva
- Sound Mixer : Hubertus Rath
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama, Portrait
- Themes : Consumerism, Family
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France, Germany
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Germany)
- Production year : 2006
- Runtime : 37 min
- Visa number : 112.775
- Visa issue date : 04/12/2006
- Production formats : Super 16
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
- Audio format : Dolby SR
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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.
