Informations

Short film

Synopsis

Abel lives in the winter and Apolline lives in the summer. Isolated in their "natures", they never met each other. They are not even supposed to meet. So when Abel crosses the border and discovers Apolline, curiosity is overwhelming. Their encounter soon becomes more complicated than they could imagine. Both of them will have to learn compromise to protect the other...

Length

10'31

Direction

Carlos De Carvalho

Music

Frédéric Boulard

Production

Je Regarde - Melting Prod - InEfecto

Television broadcasting

• Canal + France
• Canal + Spain
• RTS Switzerland
• Pacific Voice Japan
• Zero Em Comportamento Portugal

Awards

ARGENTINA
• CARTÓN Animation Film Festival - Buenos Aires :
  Best Traditional / CGI Animation
• EXPOTOONS Animation Festival - Buenos Aires :
  1st Mention for a Short Film

AUSTRIA
• Festival of Nations - Lenzing :
  Lenzing Award

BELGIUM
• TROLLS & LÉGENDE Festival - Mons :
  Best Short Film

BELARUS
• ANIMAEVKA Animation Film Festival - Mogilev :
  Prize for The Best Artistic Solution

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
• NAFF Animated Film Festival - Neum :
  Best Art Award

BRAZIL
• FARCUME Brasil Short Film Festival - Boa Vista :
  1st Place of the Animation Category
• ANIM!ARTE International Animation Festival - Rio de Janeiro :
  2nd Place Europe Environmental Film Award

BULGARIA
• COMPUTER SPACE International Art Forum - Sofia :
  3rd Prize of the Computer Animation Category

CANADA
• Shorts That Are Not Pants - Toronto :
  Audience Award

ENGLAND
• LIFF Independent Film Festival - Langsett :
  3rd Audience Favourite Award
• Stoke Your Fires Film Festival - Stoke-on-Trent :
  Best Animated Short Film

ESTONIA
• THE UNPRECEDENTED CINEMA Film Festival - Tallinn :
  Silver Frame Award

FRANCE
• TROIS JOURS TROP COURTS Short Film Festival - Castres :
  Audience Award
• LES TOUTES PREMIERES FOIS Festival - Grasse :
  Special Mention
• L'OMBRE D'UN COURT Short Film Festival - Jouy-en-Josas :
  Audience Award
• L'OMBRE D'UN COURT Short Film Festival - Jouy-en-Josas :
  Special Mention
• Festival Rencontres du Court - Montpellier :
  Grand Prize for Best Short Animation
• Festival LES MURS ONT DES YEUX - Osny :
  Originality Award
• CROQ'ANIME Animation Film Festival - Paris :
  Audience Award
• CROQ'ANIME Animation Film Festival - Paris :
  Best Original Film Score
• FIFE International Festival of Environmental Films - Paris :
  Special Mention
• Animation Film Festival - Pontarlier :
  Prix Lycéen

GERMANY
• KUKI Short Film Festival for Children and Youth - Berlin :
  Honorable Mention

GREECE
• ANIMFEST International Animation Festival - Athens :
  2nd Prize of the Short Film Competition

INDIA
• ORBIT LIVE! International Animation Festival - Mumbai :
  Grand Prix of the Short Film Competition

IRAN
• International Silent Film Festival - Tehran :
  Special Jury Prize

ITALY
• MAGMA International Short Film Festival - Acireale :
  Special Mention
• Cisterna Film Festival - Cisterna di Latina :
  Best Film Award
• Scratch! International Animation Film Festival - Lecce :
  3D Animation Award
• ZABUT Animation Film Festival - Savoca :
  Best Original Soundtrack Award
• CARTOONS ON THE BAY Festival - Venice :
  Pulcinella Award for Best Short Film

JAPAN
• International Digital Animation Festival - Nagoya :
  Grand Prize
• International Digital Animation Festival - Nagoya :
  Audience Award
• International Short Film Festival - Sapporo :
  Sapporo Peace Award
• SHORT SHORTS Film Festival - Tokyo :
  CG Animation Best Short Award

PERU
• AJAYU International Animation Film Festival - Puno :
  Best International Animation Award

POLAND
• ANIMOCJE Animation Film Festival - Bydgosczc :
  People’s Choice Award
• GOLDEN ANTEATERS Festival - Lublin :
  Grand Prix

PORTUGAL
• FARCUME Short Film Festival - Faro :
  2nd Prize of the Animation Category
• Azores Fringe Festival - Madalena :
  Audience Award
• BANG AWARDS Festival - Torres Verdras :
  Honorable Mention

ROMANIA
• ANIM’EST Animation Film Festival - Bucharest :
  Special Mention

SPAIN
• MUNDOS DIGITALES Festival - A Coruña :
  Best International Short Film
• MUNDOS DIGITALES Festival - A Coruña :
  Jury Special Award
• ZINEXÍN Film Festival - La Roda :
  Special Mention
• ANIMAC International Short Film Festival - Lleida :
  Audience Award
• MICE Film Festival - Valencia :
  Benetússer Award
• ECOZINE Film Festival - Zaragoza :
  Best Animated Short Film

TAIWAN
• KuanDu International Animation Festival - Taipei :
  Grand Prize of the International Competition

USA
• 24FPS International Short Film Festival - Abilene :
  Best Sound Design
• Golden Orchid Festival - Pennsylvania :
  Best Animated Short Film
• FILMQUEST Festival - Salt Lake City :
  Best Animated Film

VENEZUELA
• FICAIJ Film Festival for Children and Youth - Mérida :
  Best Animation for Adolescents

Selections

ALBANIA
• AniFest ROZAFA Festival - Shkodra

ANDORRA
• Kids Film Festival - Andorra la Vella

ARGENTINA
• CARTÓN Animation Film Festival - Buenos Aires
• EXPOTOONS Animation Festival - Buenos Aires
• MENDOZA PROYECTA International Festival - Mendoza

ARMENIA
• FRESCO Festival - Yerevan
• International Film Festival for Children and Youth - Yerevan
• SUN CHILD Environmental Film Festival - Yerevan

AUSTRALIA
• EFFM Environmental Film Festival - Melbourne

AUSTRIA
• INFF Innsbruck Nature Film Festival - Innsbruck
• Festival of Nations - Lenzing

BELARUS
• CINEMA PERPETUUM MOBILE Short Film Festival - Minsk
• ANIMAEVKA Animation Film Festival - Mogilev

BELGIUM
• European Youth Film Festival Flanders - Antwerp & Bruges
• ANIMA Animation Film Festival - Brussels
• FILEM'ON Children’s Film Festival - Brussels
• TROLLS & LÉGENDE Festival - Mons

BENIN
• QUINTESSENCE International Film Festival - Ouidah

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
• International Animated Film Festival - Banja Luka
• NAFF Animated Film Festival - Neum

BRAZIL
• MUMIA International Animated Short Films - Belo Horizonte
• CINE JARDIM Film Festival - Belo Jardim
• ANIMACINE Animation Film Festival - Bezerros
• FARCUME Brasil Short Film Festival - Boa Vista
• ANIM!ARTE International Animation Festival - Rio de Janeiro
• FILMAMBIENTE Festival - Rio de Janeiro
• ANIMA MUNDI Festival - Rio de Janeiro & São Paulo
• ANIMA-SÃO Animation Film Festival - São Gonçalo
• LUME International Film Festival - São Luis
• CINEFANTASY Fantastic Film Festival - São Paulo
• CURTA TAQUARY Festival - Taquaritinga do Norte

BULGARIA
• COMPUTER SPACE International Art Forum - Sofia
• GOLDEN KUKER Animation Film Festival - Sofia
• WFAF World Festival of Animated Film - Varna

CAMBODIA
• Cambodia International Film Festival - Phnom Penh

CANADA
• IMAGES EN VUES Film Festival - Cap-aux-Meules
• Prends ça court ! - Montreal
• International Short Film Festival - Ottawa
• Shorts That Are Not Pants - Toronto
• Festival de Cinéma des Gens d'Ici - Val-d'or

CHILE
• CHILEMONOS International Animation Festival - Santiago
• FICA International Environmental Film Festival - Santiago
• OJO DE PESCADO International Film Festival - Valparaíso

CHINA
• GOLDEN MONKEY KING AWARD Festival - Hangzhou
• A LONG WEEK OF SHORT FILMS Festival - Shangai
• International Animation Festival - Xiamen

CROATIA
• SUPERTOON International Animation Film Festival - Šibenik
• Star Film Fest - Sisak
• ANIMAFEST World Festival of Animated Film - Zagreb
• Judgment Day Awards - Zagreb

CZECH REPUBLIC
• French Film Festival in the Czech Republic - Prague
• International Film Festival for Children and Youth - Zlín

ECUADOR
• CHULPICINE Festival - Quito

EGYPT
• Cairo Video Festival - Cairo

ENGLAND
• LIFF Independent Film Festival - Langsett
• Young Film Festival - Leeds
• LIAF : Kids' Club - London
• Animated Eden - Penrith
• Stoke Your Fires Film Festival - Stoke-on-Trent

ESTONIA
• ANIMATED DREAMS Animation Film Festival - Tallinn
• THE UNPRECEDENTED CINEMA Film Festival - Tallinn

FAROE ISLANDS
• G! Festival - Gøta

FINLAND
• ANIMATRICKS Animation Film Festival - Helsinki

FRANCE
• International Film Festival - Amiens
• KAZANIM Animated Short Festival - Angoulême
• International Animation Film Festival - Annecy
• TOMATROPE Film Festival - Arles
• COURTS EN CHAMPAGNE Festival - Aÿ
• POETRY CINEMA Short Film Festival - Bezons
• European Short Film Festival - Bordeaux
• French Animation Film Festival - Bruz
• TROIS JOURS TROP COURTS Short Film Festival - Castres
• International Short Film Festival - Clermont-Ferrand
• VIDEOFORMES Festival - Clermont-Ferrand
• Rencontres Cinéma-Nature - Dompierre-sur-Besbre
• LES TOUTES PREMIERES FOIS Festival - Grasse
• L'OMBRE D'UN COURT Short Film Festival - Jouy-en-Josas
• EIDÔLON Philosophical Film Festival - Liévin
• La Compét’ de l’Hybride - Lille
• Festival Rencontres du Court - Montpellier
• Festival de la Petite École du Film Court - Nancy
• Nancy-Lorraine International Film Festival - Nancy
• Festival LES MURS ONT DES YEUX - Osny
• BD6NÉ Festival - Paris
• CROQ’ANIME Animation Film Festival - Paris
• Festival du Film Merveilleux & Imaginaire - Paris
• FIFE International Festival of Environmental Films - Paris
• NO TIME LEFT Short Film Festival - Paris
• Rencontres Ciné Nature du Vème - Paris
• Animation Film Festival - Pontarlier
• DES COURTS EN HIVER Film Festival - Porto-Vecchio
• COURTIVORE Short Film Festival - Rouen
• MÊME PAS PEUR Fantastic Film Festival - Saint-Philippe
• Concours de courts - Toulouse
• Nominated for the CARTOON D'OR - Toulouse
• SÉQUENCE International Short Film Festival - Toulouse
• International Short Film Festival - Villeurbanne
• RICA International Film Festival - Wissembourg

GERMANY
• BERLINER LISTE Fair for Contemporary Art - Berlin
• Directors Lounge [DLX] - Berlin
• KUKI Short Film Festival for Children and Youth - Berlin
• WEBCUTS Internet Film Fest - Berlin
• XXS Short Film Festival - Dortmund
• Short Film Festival - Landshut
• 24 hours International Short Film Festival - Nuremberg
• GRENZLAND International Film Festival- Selb
• International Animation Film Festival - Stuttgart

GREECE
• ANIMFEST International Animation Festival - Athens
• PSAROKOKALO Short Film Festival - Athens
• ANIMASYROS International Animation Festival - Ermoupoli

GUINEA
• International Environmental Film Festival - Conakry

HONG KONG
• Hong Kong French Film Festival - Hong Kong
• SIGGRAPH Asia - Hong Kong

HUNGARY
• ANILOGUE Animation Film Festival - Budapest

INDIA
• CMS International Children’s Film Festival - Lucknow
• International Children's Film Festival India (ICFFI) - Mumbai
• ORBIT LIVE! International Animation Festival - Mumbai
• SIFFCY International Children's Film Festival - New Delhi

INDONESIA
• Baros International Animation Festival (BIAF) - Cimahi

IRAN
• Short Film Festival - Tehran
• International Silent Film Festival - Tehran

ISRAEL
• ANIMIX International Animation Film Festival - Tel Aviv

ITALY
• MAGMA International Short Film Festival - Acireale
• ENJOY! Animated Short Film Contest - Bari
• Future Film Festival - Bologna
• Winter Filmfest - Brescia
• Cisterna Film Festival - Cisterna di Latina
• GPFF Gran Paradiso Film Festival - Cogne
• ALTA LANGA Film Festival - Cueno
• Corto Imola Festival - Imola
• Film Festival - Itria Valley
• Scratch! International Animation Film Festival - Lecce
• Festival Internazionale del Cinema d’Arte - Milan
• O'CURT Short Film Festival - Naples
• EUGANEA Film Festival - Padua
• RABBITFEST Animation Film Festival - Perugia
• Reggio Film Festival - Reggio Emilia
• CARTOON CLUB Animation Film Festival - Rimini
• CORTOONS International Animation Film Festival - Rome
• Festival Alto Vicentino (FAV) - Santorso
• SARDINIAFILMFESTIVAL Short Film Award - Sassari
• ZABUT Animation Film Festival - Savoca
• CINEMAMBIENTE Environmental Film Festival - Turin
• I(N)DIFFERENTI Short Movies Competition - Trani
• Venice Biennale / Maldives Pavilion - Venice
• CARTOONS ON THE BAY Festival - Venice

JAPAN
• International Digital Animation Festival - Nagoya
• International Short Film Festival - Sapporo
• Japan Media Arts Festival - Tokyo
• SHORT SHORTS Film Festival - Tokyo

LEBANON
• BEIRUT ANIMATED Festival - Beirut
• Cabriolet Film Festival - Beirut

MAURITIUS
• Île Courts Short Film Festival - Beau-Bassin

MEXICO
• CINEMA PLANETA Festival - Cuernavaca
• PIXELATL Animation Film Festival - Cuernavaca
• ANIMASIVO Experimental Animation Contest - Mexico City
• Festival SIMBIONTE - Mexico City
• CUTOUT FEST International Animation Festival - Querétaro

MOROCCO
• FICAM International Animation Film Festival - Meknes

MOZAMBIQUE
• KUGOMA Short Film Forum - Maputo

NETHERLANDS
• KLIK! Festival - Amsterdam

PAKISTAN
• International Children’s Film Festival - Lahore

PERU
• VIDEOBABEL Festival - Cusco
• AJAYU International Animation Film Festival - Puno

POLAND
• ANIMOCJE Animation Film Festival - Bydgosczc
• Hurra!ART Festival - Kielce
• GOLDEN ANTEATERS Festival - Lublin
• ALE KINO! Young Audience Film Festival - Poznań

PORTUGAL
• CURTAS EM FLAGRANTE Festival - Castelo Branco
• CINANIMA International Animated Film Festival - Espinho
• FARCUME Short Film Festival - Faro
• Cinemateca Portuguesa – Museu do Cinema - Lisbon
• PLAY International Kids Film Festival - Lisbon
• Azores Fringe Festival - Madalena
• FANTASPORTO International Film Festival - Oporto
• BANG AWARDS Festival - Torres Verdras

ROMANIA
• ANIM’EST Animation Film Festival - Bucharest
• KINOFEST International Digital Film Festival - Bucharest

RUSSIA
• Big Cartoon Festival - Moscow
• KROK International Animated Films Festival - Moscow
• MULTIVISION Animation Film Festival - Saint Petersburg
• OPEN CINEMA International Film Festival - Saint Petersburg

SCOTLAND
• In Motion Animation Festival - Aberdeen

SERBIA
• BALKANIMA European Animated Film Festival - Belgrade
• SHORT FORM International Festival - Gornji Milanovac
• CONSTANTINE'S GOLD COIN Festival - Niš
• VIDEOMEDEJA international Festival - Novi Sad

SOUTH KOREA
• GFFIS Environmental Film Festival - Seoul
• SICAF International Cartoon & Animation Festival - Seoul

SPAIN
• MUNDOS DIGITALES Festival - A Coruña
• FICMA Environmental International Film Festival - Barcelona
• ZINETXIKI Festival - Bilbao
• FESTIMATGE Festival - Calella
• Rural FilmFest - Ciudad Real
• International Independent Film Festival - Elche
• OPTICA International Festival of Videoart - Gijón
• Girona Film Festival - Girona
• ZINEXÍN Film Festival - La Roda
• ANIMAYO Animation Film Festival - Las Palmas
• ANIMAC International Short Film Festival - Lleida
• Festival de Cine de Madrid-PNR - Madrid
• FANCINE Fantastic Film Festival - Málaga
• MÈDIT Mediterranean Film Festival - Minorca
• Festival Internacional de Cine Solidario - Sant Sadurní
• PRIMAVERA Film Festival - Sant Vicenç de Castellet
• International Short Film Festival - Torrelavega
• Fantastic Film Festival - Torremolinos
• MICE Film Festival - Valencia
• ECOZINE Film Festival - Zaragoza

SWEDEN
• International Fantastic Film Festival - Lund

SWITZERLAND
• ANIMATOU International Short Film Festival - Geneva

TAIWAN
• KuanDu International Animation Festival - Taipei

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
• ANIMAE CARIBE Animation Film Festival - Port of Spain

TURKEY
• Animation Film Festival - Istanbul
• International Bosphorus Film Festival - Istanbul

UKRAINE
• MOLODIST International Film Festival - Kiev

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
• International Children’s Film Festival - Sharjah

URUGUAY
• DIVERCINE International Short Film Festival - Montevideo
• FIA International Animation Festival - Montevideo

USA
• 24FPS International Short Film Festival - Abilene
• GLAS Animation Festival - Berkeley
• CITIZEN JANE Film Festival - Columbia
• The Modern Kids / Summer Flicks Series - Fort Worth
• Gig Harbor Film Festival - Gig Harbor
• FESTIMATION International Animation Festival - Missoula
• Golden Orchid Festival - Pennsylvania
• Northwest Animation Festival - Portland
• Film Festival in the Woods - Riverwoods
• FILMQUEST Festival - Salt Lake City
• TWISTER ALLEY Film Festival - Woodward

VENEZUELA
• FICAIJ Film Festival for Children and Youth - Mérida