Synopsis
The wanderings of a group of secret refugees, lost between two borders, trying to reach Europe. Distances investigates this time between two lives, between two places and the diverse manners to which a man adapts. Distances pursues the man far from himself, submerged by his environment and by his own stubbornness, a raw, locked energy, but which allows him to survive.
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- Executive Producer : Émilie Blézat
- Screenwriter : David Dusa
- Director of Photography : Armin Franzen
- Music Composer : Sébastien Roux
- Editor : Yannick Coutheron
- Sound Recordist : Bruno Auzet
- Foreign producer : Helena Danielsson
- Production manager : Émilie Blézat
- Sound editor : Carole Verner
- Sound Mixer : Emmanuel Croset
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Themes : Wandering, Freedom
- Production language : Swedish, Farsi, Arabic, English, French
- Coproducer countries : France, Sweden
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Sweden)
- Production year : 2008
- Runtime : 30 min
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- 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.
