Synopsis
On a hot, dry day, a fire breaks out in town. You have no choice but to take refuge in the nearby forest. Trees, like you, suffer from the heat. Suddenly the luminous flux of an oak tree swirls around you, it seeks to communicate with you, will you be able to respond to it? Experience inspired by the research of Ernst Zürcher on the intelligence of trees.
Credits
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producers : Zéro de Conduite Productions, Artzoyd studios
- Foreign production company : Nadasdy Film
- Film exports/foreign sales : Diversion cinema
Full credits (9)
- Illustrations : Igor Carteret
- Executive Producers : Guillaume Grélardon, Monique Hourbette-Vialadieu
- Screenwriter : Fabienne Giezendanner
- Music Composer : Jean-Christophe Cheneval
- Sound Recordist : Oudom Southammavong
- Foreign Producer : Nicolas Burlet
- Production managers : Nicolas Burlet, Guillaume Grélardon, Monique Hourbette-Vialadieu
- Sound Editor : Oudom Southammavong
- Sound design : Pierre-Marie Blind
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction, Animated film
- Sub-genre : Drama, Fantasy
- Themes : Nature, Painting, Environment
- Production language : No dialogue
- Coproducer countries : Switzerland (68.0%), France (32.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Minority French (Switzerland, France)
- Production year : 2023
- Runtime : 16 min
- Production formats : Computer generated images
- Color type : Color
- Audio format : Binaural sound
- Rating restrictions : Under 12
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