Swallow the Universe

A Short film of

Nieto

Produced by

Autour de Minuit

Production year2021

Runtime12 min

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Synopsis

Swallow the Universe is a Japanese Emaki manga (a hand-painted horizontal scroll) which tells the grandiloquent blood-and-thunder saga of a young child lost in Manchuria’s deep jungles. His sudden presence creates complete anarchy in the local fauna’s until-then perfectly organized and primitive world. Gifted with a striking beauty, the child’s presence awakens in the monkeys, tigers, anteaters and amphibians, envy and need of possession, originally human passions.

Credits

Director (1)

Nieto
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Production and distribution (2)

Executive Producer : Autour de Minuit

Film exports/foreign sales : Autour de Minuit

Full credits (10)

Executive Producer : Nicolas Schmerkin

Screenwriter : Nieto

Music Composer : Marco Suárez-Cifuentes

Sound Recordist : Bruno Seznec

Line Producer : Nicolas Schmerkin

Production managers : Shanti Bourse, Émilie Schmerkin

Sound Editor : Quentin Robert

Animation : Gabriel Claverie, Éloïse Rauzier, Coline Peron, Jeanne Griseri, Léo Silly-Pélissier, Thibaut Choleau, Daniela Metheyer, Florian Durand, Fabien Jimenez, Marianne Le Moigne, Antoine David, Diego Cristófano

Graphic Designer : Daichi Mori

Sound Mixer : Raphaël Seydoux

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Technical details

Type : Short film
Genres : Animated film, Documentary
Sub-genre : 2D & 3D animation, Fantasy, Philosophical tale, Adventure
Themes : Legends, Human nature
Production language : Japanese
Production country : France
Original French-language productions : Unspecified
Nationality : 100% French (France)
Production year : 2021
Runtime : 12 min 18 seconds
Visa number : 153.198
Visa issue date : 31/08/2021
Production formats : HD-CAM
Color type : Color
Aspect ratio : 16/9
Audio format : Dolby 5.1
Rating restrictions : None

News & awards

News (9)

French animations at specialist festivals (Summer 2022)

01 AUGUST 2022

Festivals & events

French animation at international film festivals: spring 2022

18 MAY 2022

Festivals & events

Selections (22)

Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
France, 2025
Sections parallèles
Berlin International Short Film Festival (Interfilm)
Germany, 2023
Fulldome
Bogoshorts
Colombia, 2022
Compétition nationale
Leuven International Short Film Festival
Belgium, 2022
Labo

Awards (2)

Animafest Zagreb
Croatia, 2022
Mention spéciale du jury Grande compétition
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
France, 2022
Prix spécial du jury compétition labo

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