Synopsis
The filmmaker hasn't lived with his father since he was eleven years old.
Twenty years later, he decides to pay Hilarion, his father, a visit, accompanied by a cameraman. Neither son nor father know what to expect. The filmmaker's mind is full of delicate subjects that he wants to broach, but who will guide this spontaneous family reunion? Unsaid things and the past are part of this new, immersive encounter between a father and his son.
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- Foreign production companies : UQAC - Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, MEDANT Productions
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- Screenwriter : Gaëtan Reine
- Director of Photography : Louis Moulin
- Editor : Gaëtan Reine
- Foreign Producer : Sébastien Demierre
- Producer : Gaëtan Reine
- Animation : Alexa Tremblay-Francoeur
- Participants : Hilarion Reine, Gaëtan Reine
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- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Sub-genre : Drama, Psychological drama
- Themes : Encounters, Family, Human nature , Childhood, Criminality, Harassment/bullying, Poetry
- Production language : French, Creole
- Coproducer countries : France, Quebec, Switzerland
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Quebec, Switzerland)
- Production year : 2017
- Runtime : 18 min
- Production formats : HD Cinemascope
- Color type : Color and Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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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.
