Synopsis
EMPEROR is an interactive and narrative experience in virtual reality, which invites the user to travel inside the brain of a father, suffering from aphasia.
It is the story of a man who’s lost his ability to speak, and of the daughter trying to communicate with him. It is the story of a woman, who wasn’t given the chance to know the man behind her father, now obscured by this illness.
In a monochrome aesthetic, close to traditional animation, this personal story is told as a journey with surreal overtones, offering to explore aphasia as a distant country.
Credits
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : Atlas V
- Co-production : France Télévisions Nouvelles Écritures
- Foreign production company : Reynard Films
- Film exports/foreign sales : Astrea
Full credits (4)
- Executive Producer : Oriane Hurard
- Voice : Vimala Pons
- Artistic Director : Daniel Balage
- Sound design : Côme Jalibert
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Animated film
- Sub-genre : 2D & 3D animation
- Themes : Illness
- Coproducer countries : France, Germany
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Germany)
- Production year : 2023
- Runtime : 40 min
- Production formats : VR 360°
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : VR 6DoF
- Audio format : Binaural sound
- Rating restrictions : None
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Resources
Website(1)
https://albyon.io/portfolio/empereur/
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)