Synopsis
An old shaman tells a legend to three young children. A very long time ago, the people had a big problem because the sky was too low and birds could not fly. One day, the children decided to change things and tried to raise the sky with sticks.
Credits
Directors (4)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : ESMA - École Supérieure des Métiers Artistiques
Full credits (8)
- Executive Producer : Karim Khenissi
- Screenwriters : Sylvain Nouveau, Mathieu Navarro, Aurore Turbé, François Pommiez
- Directors of Photography : Sylvain Nouveau, Mathieu Navarro, Aurore Turbé, François Pommiez
- Music Composer : José Vicente
- Editors : Sylvain Nouveau, Mathieu Navarro, Aurore Turbé, François Pommiez
- Sound Recordist : José Vicente
- Sound Editor : José Vicente
- Special Effects : Sylvain Nouveau, Mathieu Navarro, Aurore Turbé, François Pommiez
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Animated film
- Sub-genre : 2D & 3D animation, Fairy tale
- Themes : Philosophy, Freedom
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2007
- Runtime : 8 min 55 seconds
- Production formats : Digital creation
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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