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Écorce

An animated documentary by Samuel Patthey and Silvain Monney
In co-production with RTS

Synopsis

In a hidden place where time seems suspended, a retirement home reveals its daily routine. Drawn in pencil, the residents come to life on paper. Everyone is active, rests or bends to the schedule of medication, meals or games. Around them, machines blink, caregivers are busy and crucifixes remind them of the death that lies in wait. Time fades away and nearby, the forest stretches out.

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Festivals

Locarno Film Festival, 2020, Switzerland
Annecy International Animation Film Festival, 2021, France
Cristal best Short Film
Les Journées de Soleure, 2021, Switzerland
3rd Prize Animation Film
Animaevka International Festival of Animated Films, 2021, Belarus
Best Debut
New Chitose, 2020, Japan
Special Jury Award
Sommets du cinéma d’animation, 2020, Canada
Special Mention
Animateka, 2020, Slovenia
Jury Special Mention
Indie Cork FF, 2020, Ireland
El Gouna FF, 2020, Egypt
REX, 2020, Sweden
Message to Man, 2020, Russia
Zinebi, 2020, Spain
Animasivo, 2020, Mexico
London International Animation Festival, 2020, England
London Short Film Festival, 2021, England,
Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Vision, 2021, Japan
Akbank Short Film Festival, 2021, Turkey
2ANNAS – Riga International Short Film Festival, 2021, Latvia
Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen, 2021, the Netherlands
Animocje – International Animated Movies Festival, 2021, Poland
Animasivo – International Animation Festival, 2021, Mexico
One World – International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, 2021, Czech Republic
Huesca International Film Festival, 2021, Spain
Figari Film Fest, 2021, Italy