The Elephant and the Bicycle

A Short film of

Olesya Shchukina

Produced by

Folimage

Production year2014

Runtime8 min

Synopsis

An elephant lives in town among normal people and works as sweeper. One day, he sees an enormous bulletin board which advertises a bike which seems to be perfectly for his size. From this minute, the elephant's life changes: he has to have at all costs this bike!

Credits

Director (1)

Olesya Shchukina
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Production and distribution (3)

Executive Producer : Folimage

Foreign production company : La Boîte... Productions

Film exports/foreign sales : L'Agence du court métrage

Full credits (9)

Executive Producer : Corinne Destombes

Screenwriter : Olesya Shchukina

Music Composer : Yan Volsy

Editor : Hervé Guichard

Sound Recordist : Philippe Fontaine

Foreign Producer : Arnaud Demuynck

Production manager : Solenne Blanc

Production designers : Lucrèce Andreae, Sandrine Héritier

Sound mixers : Mathieu Tiger, Nils Fauth

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Technical details

Type : Short film
Genres : Animated film
Sub-genre : Paper cut-outs, Legend, Portrait
Themes : Friendship, Dreams, Work
Production language : No dialogue
Coproducer countries : France, Belgium
Original French-language productions : Unspecified
Nationality : Majority French (France, Belgium)
Production year : 2014
Runtime : 8 min 42 seconds
Visa number : 139.164
Visa issue date : 21/05/2014
Production formats : HD 2K - HD-CAM
Color type : Color
Aspect ratio : 1.85
Audio format : Dolby 5.1
Rating restrictions : None

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News & awards

News (1)

French short films tour the world: October 2025

09 NOVEMBER 2025

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Selections (18)

Animatou
Switzerland, 2025
Programme parallèle
Cinanima
Portugal, 2024
Films en famille
Cinanima
Portugal, 2015
International Competition
Tübingen | Stuttgart International French-language Film Festival
Germany, 2015
Programme enfants

Awards (4)

Anima
Belgium, 2015
Prix du meilleur film jeune public
Cinanima
Portugal, 2014
Promotion Award
Multivision
Russia, 2014
Award for Best Storyline
Uppsala International Short Film Festival
Sweden, 2014
Audience Award

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www.folimage.fr/fr/distribution/le-velo-de-l-elephant-136.htm

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