Fête du cinéma d’animation

10th edition

 

 

14th to 31st October 2020
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The 10th edition of the Fête du cinéma de l’animation (Festival of Animated Films) is coming soon!

2 animated feature films and 11 French & African animated short films will be available online and for free.

A great occasion to discover Francophone movies and learn more about French with your family!

 

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Adama

Simon Rouby (2015), 1h25
French with English subtitles

Awards: Best Animated Film, César 2016 | Gan Foundation Prize for Distribution, Annecy Festival 2014

Synopsis – In 1916, Adama, 12, lives in an isolated village in West Africa. One night he sees his big brother Samba suddenly leave the Land of the Cliffs for the World of the Breathes. Worried, Adama decided to go looking for him. More determined than ever he began his quest with the help of the griot Abdou and Maximin, a street child from Paris that took him to the front lines of the First World War in Verdun, France.

 

Gus petit oiseau, grand voyage

Christian de Vita (2014), 1h30
French with English subtitles

Synopsis – A hero’s journey with a most unlikely hero. Yellowbird is a teeny tiny orphaned bird that has never left the nest, has no family, yet desperately wants one – That is, until he finds himself leading a flock on their migration to Africa.

 

Collection
Tales of Africa“,

Djilali Beskri

6 short films, total of 68 minutes
French with English subtitles

How can the essence of traditional African tales be conveyed in the contemporary era? Six animated shorts showcase traditional stories from six African countries through which the protagonist Papa Nzenu travels.

Shamazulu: 12mins

Le Chasseur et l’antilope (The Hunter and the Antelope): 13 mins

Malika et la sorcière (Malika and the Witch):15 mins

Le Cadeau (The Gift): 11 mins

Les Trois vérités (The Three Truhs): 14 mins

Le Lutteur (The Wrestler): 14 mins

 

Collection
“Games and little nonsense”,

A selection of 7 silent short films for 3-6 year olds.

La Petite Pousse (The Small Shoot), by Chaïtane Conversat: 10 mins

Le spectacle de Maternelle (The Kindergarten Show), by Loïc Bruyère: 8 mins

L’atelier (The Workshop), by Bianca Mansani: 4 mins

Matilda, by Irène Iborra and Eduard Puertas Anfruns: 7 mins

Celui qui Domptait les Nuages (The One who Tamed the Clouds), by Julie Rembauville and Nicolas Bianco-Levrin: 4 mins

Beuââârk!, by Gabriel Jacquel: 11 mins

Lunolin, petit naturaliste (Lunolin, little naturalist), by Cecilia Marreiros Marum: 7 mins

 

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