The Exploding Girl

A Short film of

Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel

Produced by

Atlas V

Production year2024

Runtime19 min

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Credits

Directors (2)

Caroline Poggi
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Jonathan Vinel
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Production and distribution (2)

Executive Producer : Atlas V

Film exports/foreign sales : L'Agence du court métrage

Full credits (6)

Executive Producer : Oriane Hurard

Screenwriters : Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel

Sound Recordist : Olivier Voisin

Voice : Grace Seri

Grader : Emmanuel Fraisse

Sound Mixer : Victor Praud

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12 JUNE 2025

Chill(s): Caroline Poggi & Jonathan Vinel on their short film The Exploded Girl

Chill(s) :💥 “Where does violence go?”
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In The Exploded Girl, a 30-year-old woman literally blows up , sometimes seven times a day. A surreal, intimate, and deeply political short film by Caroline Poggi & Jonathan Vinel, selected at Annecy Festival in the Official Competition.

In the first episode of Chill(s) — our new series dedicated to genre films — the duo reflects on loneliness, virtual worlds, and the structural violence that seeps into everyday life.

Written during lockdown, the film grew in resonance with the latest traumatising news and images from Gaza, and asks what happens when that violence becomes internal.

Premiered at Locarno Festival and chosen as the European Film Awards candidate for Best Short Film.

The film is available to watch on Arte.tv

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Technical details

Type : Short film
Genres : Animated film
Production country : France
Original French-language productions : Unspecified
Nationality : 100% French (France)
Production year : 2024
Runtime : 19 min
Color type : Color

News & awards

News (9)

French short films tour the world: October 2025

09 NOVEMBER 2025

News in brief

Video clips and interviews: Unifrance's interviews focused on French animation

13 OCTOBER 2025

Interview

Selections (17)

Zinebi
Spain, 2025
Programme spécial
Uppsala International Short Film Festival
Sweden, 2025
Programme spécial
Filmets
Spain, 2025
Sélection officielle
Sarajevo Film Festival
Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2025
European Shorts

Awards (1)

Locarno Film Festival
Switzerland, 2024
Locarno Film Festival Short Film Candidate European Film Awards

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Changing Rooms, by Violette Gitton

César is 12 when his older sister Lou is sexually assaulted. In the changing rooms of the fencing classes he attends, everything is measured by the yardstick of violence. César would like to take part in every fight, but he doesn’t have the weapons.