Synopsis
Joseph is an introvert and shy little boy who collects snails. One day, he is swallowed by his navel and discovers a disturbing world, the world of the navel-gazers: these, due to communicating only with their navel, wind themselves up and become snails.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : JPL Films
- Film exports/foreign sales : L'Agence du court métrage
Full credits (9)
- Executive Producer : Jean-Pierre Lemouland
- Screenwriter : Sophie Roze
- Director of photography : Sara Sponga
- Music Composer : Nicolas Bernard
- Editor : Colombe Nicolas
- Sound Editor : Loïc Burkhardt
- Production designers : Maëlle Bossard, Fabienne Collet, Jeanne Hadorn
- Special Effects : Mathieu Brisebras
- Sound Mixer : Loïc Moniotte
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Animated film
- Sub-genre : Bizarre
- Themes : Childhood
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2009
- Runtime : 11 min 48 seconds
- Visa number : 119.396
- Visa issue date : 08/04/2009
- Production formats : Digital photography
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
Box-office & releases
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News & awards
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Awards (2)
AniFest - Teplice International Animated Film Festival
Czech Republic, 2010
Grand Prize for Films of 5' to 15' duration
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