L'Américain
Synopsis
To stave off boredom and attract attention, Malik tells three young people in his neighborhood that he's leaving for the USA. He's lying, but the news quickly spreads around the neighborhood and Malik becomes a symbol of hope and pride for everyone.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (14)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : GREC - Groupe de Recherches et d'Essais Cinématographiques
- Film exports/foreign sales : L'Agence du court métrage
Full credits (10)
- Executive Producer : Anne Luthaud
- Screenwriter : Maxime Renard
- Director of Photography : Charles Lesur
- Music Composer : Amin Goudarzi
- Editor : Tyliann Tondeur-Grozdanovitch
- Sound recordist : Chiara Nardo
- Sound Editor : Valentin Brion
- Continuity supervisor : Alain Petiteau
- Grader : Clément Le Penven
- Sound Mixer : Valentin Brion
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
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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.
