With Tapes and Toasts in the Car
Synopsis
After a long illness, Shari learns that she will not recover and that she only has a few months to live. Overwhelmed by the news, she doesn't know how to face her family. As she tries to escape reality, the sky collapses around her and she finds herself projected into space.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : Laïdak Films
- Foreign production company : ManicMonday GmbH
- Film exports/foreign sales : Miyu Distribution
- Foreign distributor (short film) : Miyu Distribution
Full credits (8)
- Screenwriter : Kiana Naghshineh
- Director of photography : Kiana Naghshineh
- Music Composer : Ziggy Has Ardeur
- Editors : Kiana Naghshineh, Regina Welker
- Foreign producers : Henrik Von Müller, Kiana Naghshineh
- Production designers : Kiana Naghshineh, Caroline Cherrier
- Animation : Camille Prot, Eliott Moreau, Bertille Rondard, Isabelle Piolat, Sofiia Melnyk, Martin Touzé, Morgane Perez, Kiana Naghshineh, Magdalena Zygadlo
- Storyboard artists : Kiana Naghshineh, Martin Touzé
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Animated film
- Sub-genre : 2D animation, Drama
- Themes : Family, Death
- Production language : German
- Premier pays de production : Germany
- Coproducer countries : Germany (60.0%), France (40.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Minority French (Germany, France)
- Production year : 2025
- Runtime : 14 min 17 seconds
- Visa number : 162.596
- Visa issue date : 19/05/2025
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
News & awards
News (4)
Selections (8)
Awards (2)
Stuttgart Trickfilm International Film Festival
Germany, 2026
Grand Prize in the International Competition
Audience Prize in the International Competition
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