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Details - Edmond était un âne


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International Title: Edmond was a donkey
Director: Franck Dion
Running time: 15:04
Country of production: France, Canada
Year of production: 2012
Production: Papy3D Productions, ONF / NFB
Distribution: Papy3D Productions, ONF / NFB

Original title: Edmond était un âne
International Title: Edmond was a donkey
Country of production: France, Canada
Type: Shortfilm
Category: Animation
Genre: Comedy, Psychological Drama
Subject matter: Everyday Life, Relationship, Disability, Loneliness, Portrait
Colour: Color

  (English)

Edmond is not like everybody else. A small, quiet man, Edmond has a wife who loves him and a job that he does extraordinarily well. He is, however, very aware that he is different. When his co-workers tease him by crowning him with a pair of donkey ears, he suddenly discovers his true nature. And though he comes to enjoy his new identity, an ever-widening chasm opens up between himself and others.

 (French)

Edmond n’est pas comme les autres. Petit homme discret, marié à une femme attentionnée et employé efficace, il n’en ressent pas moins pleinement sa différence. Lorsque des collègues, par moquerie, l’affublent d’un bonnet d’âne, il a soudainement la révélation de sa vraie nature... et s’il semble s’épanouir dans sa nouvelle identité, celle-ci creuse toutefois entre lui et les autres un fossé d’incompréhension, qui va s’élargissant jusqu’à devenir infranchissable.


Director Franck Dion
Producer Richard Van Den Boom (Papy3D Productions) , Julie Roy (ONF / NFB)
Distribution Richard Van Den Boom (Papy3D Productions) , Julie Arseneault (ONF / NFB)
Script Franck Dion
Director of Photography Franck Dion
Editor Franck Dion
Sound Pierre-Yves Drapeau
Music Composer Pierre Caillet
Set Decorator Franck Dion
Art Director Franck Dion
Visual Effects Jean-François Sarazin , Vincent Duponchel
Animation Gilles Cuvelier , Gabriel Jacquel , Samuel Guénolé , Claire Trollé

Festivals

Animafest Zagreb (Croatia) 2012-05
International Film Festival Brooklyn (United States) 2012-06
Animamundi Rio (Brazil) 2012-07
Curtas Metragens Vila do Conde (Portugal) 2012-06
International Animation Festival Annecy (France) 2012-06 Jury's Special Prize
Worldwide Short Film Festival Toronto (Canada) 2012-06 Best canadian short
Short Fest Palm Springs (United States) 2012-06
Seminci Valladolid (Spain) 2012-10
Film Festival Warsaw (Poland) 2012-10
International Animation Festival London (United Kingdom) 2012-10
Short Short Tokyo (Japan) 2012-06 Best short award - Internation
Animanima Cacak (Serbia) 2012-09
International Weekend of Animation Wiesbaden (Germany) 2012-10
Animatou Genève (Switzerland) 2012-10
Anibar Peja (Republic of Kosova) 2012-08
Film Festival Giffoni (Italy) 2012-07 2nd Short Film for Children ag
International short film festival Lille (France) 2012-10
Film Shorts Vilnius (Lithuania) 2012-09
Séquence Court Métrage Toulouse (France) 2012-11
Alpinale Nenzing (Austria) 2012-08 Best short film animation
Klik! Animation Festival Amsterdam (Netherlands) 2012-11
Shorts Fest Los Angeles (United States) 2012-9
Anim'est Bucarest (Romania) 2012-10
Un festival, c'est trop court Nice (France) 2012-10
BAF Bradford (United Kingdom) 2012-11
Film Festival Telluride (United States) 2012-09
International Film Festival Vancouver (Canada) 2012-09
Courtmétrange Rennes (France) 2012-10 Métrange Beaumarchais
International Film Festival Chicago (United States) 2012-10 Gold Plaque for animation
Short Film Festival Clermont-Ferrand (France) 2013-02
Flickerfest Sydney (Australia) 2013-01 Best International Animation
Go Short Nijmegen (Netherlands) 2013-03 NTR Go Short Award for the Bes
Regard sur le court métrage au Saguenay Chicoutimi (Canada) 2013-03 National Grand Prix and Award
Short Film Week Regensburg (Germany) 2013-03 Bavarian Television Short Film
Filmfest Dresden (Germany) 2013-04 Golden Horseman - Audience and