Synopsis
In Southern Lebanon, curious objects are sometimes found in the sand. Searching for them sometimes causes people to lose their jobs and themselves.
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Director (1)
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Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Aurora Films
- Foreign production company : Né à Beyrouth Films
Full credits (10)
- Executive Producer : Charlotte Vincent
- Screenwriter : Wissam Charaf
- Director of Photography : Tom Harari
- Editor : Henri-Jean Debon
- Sound Recordist : Emmanuel Zouki
- Costume designer : Béatrice Harb
- Foreign Producer : Pierre Sarraf
- Sound Editor : Julien Ngo-Trong
- Production Designer : Hamza Nasrallah
- Sound Mixer : Xavier Marsais
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- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : The absurd, War
- Production language : Arabic
- Coproducer countries : France, Lebanon
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Lebanon)
- Production year : 2007
- Runtime : 23 min
- Visa number : 116.472
- Visa issue date : 10/09/2007
- Production formats : Super 16
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.33
- Audio format : Dolby DTS
- 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.
