Synopsis
In his futuristic novel 1984, published in 1948, George Orwell tells about the destiny of a Londoner that leads a solitary resistance facing the dominant and totalitarian camp of Big Brother. His name: Winston Smith. According to the English phone book, there are at least 25 persons with the same surname than the character. The director propose with this movie to meet them. Searching, if it is, between all of these namesakes, an George Orwell’s hero, an unspeakable link.
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- Executive Producer : Macalube Films
Full credits (10)
- Executive Producer : Anne-Catherine Witt
- Screenwriters : Paul Heintz, Quentin Faucheux-Thurion
- Director of Photography : Paul Heintz
- Music Composer : Jérôme Petit
- Assistant Director : Ewan Golder
- Editor : Jeanne Sarfati
- Sound Editor : Jérôme Petit
- Grader : Candice Perez
- Sound Mixer : Mathieu Farnarier
- Participant : Winston Smith
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Themes : Science fiction/Futuristic, Human nature , Encounters
- Production language : English
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
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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.
