Synopsis
There is in childhood that flimsy moment when the line between imagination and reality shatters. These are the testimonies of children between those two worlds, to whom the freedom to speak freely was given.
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Production and distribution (2)
- Co-productions : Ambiances... asbl, Animais, LaClairière Ouest
- Film exports/foreign sales : Autour de Minuit
Full credits (16)
- Screenwriter : Lia Bertels
- Director of photography : Lia Bertels
- Music Composer : Kats
- Editor : Lia Bertels
- Sound recordists : Laurent Martin, Duarte Ferreira
- Foreign producers : Thierry Zamparutti, Vanessa Ventura, Nuno Amorim
- Associate producers : Sidonie Garnier, Jeanne Thibord
- Co-producer : Claire Beffa
- Production managers : Françoise Janssens, Davide Freitas
- Sound editors : Laurent Martin, Duarte Ferreira
- Production Designer : Pascal Giraud
- Art directors : Gwendoline Gamboa, Lora D’Addazio
- Animation : Sofia Cavalheiro, Daniela Duarte, Ève Deroeck, Sarah Brûlé, Sara Nunes, Patrícia Figueiredo
- Foley artists : Duarte Ferreira, Alberto Seixas, Laurent Martin
- Grader : Manuel Pinto Barros
- Sound Mixer : Laurent Martin
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Animated film, Documentary
- Sub-genre : 2D animation, Comedy
- Themes : Youth, Childhood, Imagination
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : Belgium (47.12%), Portugal (40.06%), France (12.82%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Minority French (Belgium, Portugal, France)
- Production year : 2019
- Runtime : 12 min 18 seconds
- Production formats : Digital creation
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Stereo
- 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.
