Synopsis
Ulyx, an energetic robotic pool vacuum, spends his days scrubbing the backyard swimming pool. Bored with this routine, he dreams of freedom as he gazes at the ocean at the day’s end from his garden. One day, a raging storm gives him a chance to escape.
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Actors (4)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : End Télévision
- Co-productions : Good Rush Pictures, Lightdreams Productions
Full credits (19)
- Executive Producer : Fabien Giurgiu
- Screenwriters : Hugo Roblin, Émeric Leprince
- Director of Photography : Hugo Baumann
- Music Composer : Romain Allender
- Assistant Director : Guillaume Leuillet
- Editor : Laurent Leveneur
- Sound Recordist : Arnaud Calvar
- Costume designer : Marion Foare
- Co-producers : Bruno Smadja, Anne-Laure Dagorn
- Assistant Operators : Damien Conti, Marie Savage, Blandine Verkindere
- Production Manager : Arthur Freytet-Gentil
- Sound Editor : Alix Breinl
- Production designers : Kim Adoniadis, Anouk Barranger, Lucie Brun
- Foley artist : Xavier Drouault
- Artistic director : Clara Lie
- Special Effects : Marc Bret-Vittoz, Antonin Rebic, Jeff Azzopardi
- Grader : Muriel Archambaud
- Make-up Artist : Karine Prodon
- Sound Mixer : Alix Breinl
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama, Fantasy
- Themes : Environment
- Production language : No dialogue
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2022
- Runtime : 23 min 44 seconds
- Visa number : 154.714
- Visa issue date : 22/07/2022
- Production formats : HD Cinemascope
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 2.39
- Audio format : Dolby 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.