Synopsis
An eager little bear is waiting for his birthday guests to arrive. Slowly he realizes that he has been rejected. But the determination to celebrate his birthday is still strong, and, free as a bird, his hunt for company begins.
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- Executive Producers : Camille Raulo, Jean-François Bigot
- Screenwriter : Margrethe Danielsen
- Director of Photography : Simon Filliot
- Music Composer : John Erik Kaada
- Editor : Jean-Marie Le Rest
- Foreign producers : Lise Fearnley, Tonje Skar Riersen
- Voice : Tora Dietrichson, Robin Jensen, Rory Thompson
- Sound Editor : Matias Frøystad
- Production Designers : Jean-Marc Ogier, Rory Thompson
- Animation : Gilles Coirier, Marion Le Guillou, David Thomasse, Souad Wedell
- Foley artist : Heikki Kossi
- Grader : Pierre Bouchon
- Graphic Designer : Robin Jensen
- Sound Mixer : Håkon Lammetun
- Sound design : Håkon Lammetun
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- Type : Short film
- Genres : Animated film
- Sub-genre : Puppets, Stop-motion, Legend, Drama, Children's films
- Themes : Solitude/loneliness, Friendship, Identity
- Production language : No dialogue
- Coproducer countries : France (60.0%), Norway (40.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Norway)
- Production year : 2021
- Runtime : 10 min 34 seconds
- Visa number : 153.867
- Visa issue date : 09/03/2022
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Digital 5.1
- 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.
