Original title:  Je criais contre la vie. Ou pour elle

director, script, graphics, editing: Vergine Keaton
animation and compositing: Anna Khmelevskaya
music: Vale Poher
producer: Pascaline Saillant

In the forest, the herd of deer turns against the hound dogs that have been chasing them so far. From this unusual chase, new landscapes arise from the ground. This collage drama was made after an idea from a 19th century engraving.

 

Selected festivals:

Un festival c’est trop court, Nice; International Animated Film Festival Annecy; Cannes Film Festival (ACID selection); Festival Silhouette, Paris; Sarajevo Film Festival (New Currents selection); 25 FPS International Experimental Film Festival, Zagreb; Imago Film Festival, Fundao; Festival Cinéssonne; Open Cinéma St Petersbourg; Cinéssonne – European Film Festival; Festival du nouveau cinéma, Montréal; Bolzano Short Film Festival; Animated Dreams Tallin; Holland Animation Film Festival; I Castelli Animati; Animateka, Ljubljana, Stuttgarter Filmwinter; International Short Film Festival Clermont Ferrand, Premiers Plans, Angers; Tampere Film Festival; International Film Festival Breda; Mecal International Short Film Festival; Biennale internationale de l’image, Nancy; Monstra, Lisbon; Animabasauri, Bilbao…

Awards:

• Jury diploma (Open Cinema, Saint Petersburg 2009)
• Grand Prix non-narrative short (Holland Animation Film Festival 2009)
• Best Original Music (International Short Film Festival Clermont Ferrand 2010)
• Diploma of Merit (Tampere Film Festival 2010)