Kiko and the animals

Kiko is a nightmare for all the animals. He bullies them all the time, even the smallest mouse can't escape from him! How the animals could stand out and make him understand that they are just like him, capable of emotions, love, and deserve respect?

Film produced thanks to our Artist-in-Residence programme (folimage.fr/residence).

Direction Script

Yawen Zheng

Graphism

Yawen Zheng

Category

short films

Length

7 min 30 sec

Public

from 3 years old

Production

Folimage, Nadasdy Film. Partners : Canal + Kids, CNC, Région Auvergne Rhône-Alpes, Bayard Editions, Gebeka Films, Citia - Festival international du film d'animation d'Annecy, Sauve qui peut le court métrage - Festival international du court métrage de Clermont-Ferrand, Salon du livre et de la presse jeunesse de Montreuil, Mèche Courte.

Distribution

In French theaters Special screenings International sales

Awards / Festivals

9 AWARDS (12 including awards received by the theatrical programme Vanille)
- Prix du Petit Jury, Festival du film d'animation de Savigny, Suisse 2021
- Prix Jeune public, Festival international du film d’animation d’Annecy, France 2021
- Diploma for its peculiar animation, Zero Plus International Film Festival, Tyumen City (Sibérie), Russie 2021
- ECFA (European Children’s Film Association) Short Film Award, Festival Filem’on, Bruxelles, Belgique 2021
- Alcime Kids Award (1st prize by Children’s Jury), Alcine - Festival de Cine, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Espagne 2021
- Special Mention by the International Jury – Family, Reggio Film Festival, Italie 2021
- Honored Mention (Runner-up), Sin-Yi Children’s Animation Awards, Taipei, Taiwan 2022
- Prix du public* (Programme cinéma Vanille incluant Kiko et les animaux – Gebeka Films), Festival Les Toiles Filantes, Pessac, France 2022
- Prix du jury de la P’tite Unipop*, (Progr. Vanille – Gebeka Films), Festival Les Toiles Filantes, Pessac, France 2022
- Prix du jury des Toiles Filantes* (Progr. Vanille – Gebeka Films), Festival Les Toiles Filantes, Pessac, France 2022
- Prix du jury professionnel, Festival jeune public Les Yeux Ouverts, Le Havre, France 2022


100 OFFICIAL SELECTIONS:
- Festival International du Court Métrage de Clermont-Ferrand, France 2021
- Kids Kino International Film Festival in Warsaw & Wroclaw, Pologne 2021 (HC)
- Kaboom Animation Festival, Amsterdam, Pays-Bas 2021 (HC)
- REGARD - Festival international du court métrage au Saguenay, Chicoutimi, Canada 2021
- Carrousel International du Film de Rimouski, Canada 2021
- IndieLisboa - International Film Festival, Portugal 2021
- Animayo, Int’l Film Festival of Animation, Las Palmas, Espagne 2021
- Milwaukee Film Festival, Etats-Unis 2021
- Festival international du film d’animation d’Annecy, France 2021
- Festival Plein La Bobine, La Bourboule / Le Mont-Dore, France 2021
- Animatricks, Festival d'animation de Helsinki, Finlande 2021
- Golden Kuker Animation Festival, Sofia, Bulgarie 2021
- Festival du film d'animation de Savigny, Suisse 2021
- Animafest Zagreb - World Festival of Animated Film, Zagreb, Croatie 2021
- Alamein International Film Festival, Le Caire, Egypte 2021
- Festival de films pour enfants de Zlin, République tchèque 2021
- Curtas Vila do Conde IFF (Curtinhas Competition), Portugal 2021
- Anibar International Animation Festival, Peja, Kosovo 2021
- Athens International Children's Film Festival, Grèce 2021
- Flatpack Festival, Birmingham, Angleterre 2021
- Ciné Filou Festival, Castres, France 2021
- VAFI & RAFI - International Children and Youth Animation Film Festival, Rijeka, Croatie 2021
- Supertoon International Animation and Comics Festival, Šibenik, Croatie 2021
- ChileMonos Festival, Santiago, Chili 2021
- Giffoni Film Festival, Salerno, Italie 2021
- Festival Imaginaria, Conversano, Italie 2021
- Festival Cinéma en liberté, Toulon, France 2021
- Discovery Film Festival (Scotland's international film festival for young audiences), Dundee, Ecosse 2021 (HC)
- Cinekid International Children’s Film Festival, Amsterdam, Pays-Bas 2021
- Ottawa International Animation Festival, Ottawa, Canada 2021
- Kaohsiung Film Festival, Taiwan
- Insomnia International Open-Air Animation Film Festival, Kaluga / Moscou, Russie 2021
- Festival International du Film Nancy, France 2021 (HC)
- Festival Animatou, Genève, Suisse 2021
- Festival du film d’animation pour la jeunesse de Bourg-en-Bresse, France 2021
- Festival Cinéma Jeune Public de Lausanne, Suisse 2021
- Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur, Belgique 2021 (HC)
- Festival Paysages de Cinéastes, Chatenay Malabry, France 2021
- Turku Animated Film Festival, Turku, Finlande 2021
- El meu primer festival, Barcelone, Espagne 2021
- Zero Plus International Film Festival, Tyumen City (Sibérie), Russie 2021
- Festival Européen du Film Court de Brest, France 2021 (HC)
- Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, Montréal, Canada 2021
- Encounters Film Festival, Bristol, Angleterre 2021
- Corto e Fieno - Rural Film Festival, Lake Orta, Italie 2021
- Taichung International Animation Festival, Taiwan 2021
- KINEKO International Children’s Film Festival, Tokyo, Japon 2021
- World Festival of Animated Film (WFAF), Varna, Bulgarie 2021
- Buster Film Festival, Copenhague, Danemark 2021 (HC)
- Festival du Film Court en Armagnac, Condom / Marsolan, France 2021
- Valdivia International Film Festival (FICValdivia), Valdivia, Chili 2021 (HC)
- FIN Kids Stream Festival, Halifax, Canada 2021 (HC)
- CICFF, Chicago International Children’s Film Festival, Chicago, Etats-Unis 2021
- Kuki, Interfilm International Short Film Festival, Berlin, Allemagne 2021
- International Film Festival de Mar del Plata, Argentine 2021 (HC)
- London International Animation Festival, Londres, Angleterre 2021
- Sharjah International Film Festival For Children & Youth, Sharjah, Emirats Arabes Unis 2021
- Piccolo Festival dell’Animazione, San Vito al Tagliamento, Italie 2021
- Feinaki Animation Week, Beijing/Pékin, Chine 2021
- European Animated Film Festival BALKANIMA, Belgrade, Serbie 2021
- Alcine - Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Espagne 2021
- Festival Animateka, Ljubljana, Slovénie 2021
- Festival Cinanima, Espinho, Portugal 2021 (HC)
- Festival Filem’on, Bruxelles, Belgique 2021
- Festival du cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Canada 2021
- Reggio Film Festival, Reggio Emilia, Italie 2021
- Festival Longue vue sur le court, Montréal, Canada 2021
- Festival Black Movie, Genève, Suisse 2021
- Providence Children’s Film Festival, Rhode Island, Etats-Unis 2022
- Hsin-Yi Children's Animation Awards, Taipei, Taiwan 2022
- Children’s Film Festival of Seattle, Etats-Unis 2022
- BAMkids Film Festival à New York, Etats-Unis 2022
- HiShorts! Film Festival, Xiamen, Chine 2021
- Hsin-Yi Children's Animation Awards, Taipei, Taiwan 2021/2022
- Festival Anima Bruxelles, Belgique 2022
- Festival Travelling, Rennes, France 2022
- Flickerfest International Short Film, Sydney, Australie 2022 (HC)
- Festival Premiers Plans, Angers, France 2022
- 29th Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film, Stuttgart, Allemagne 2022
- Play, Lisbon's International Kids Film Festival, Lisbonne, Portugal 2022
- Festival national du film d’animation (AFCA), Rennes, France 2022
- Ciné-Jeune de l’Aisne, Laon, France 2022
- Kino Pavasaris Film Festival, Vilnius, Lituanie 2022 (HC)
- Animac, Festival du film d'animation de Lleida, Espagne 2022
- Monstra (Monstrinha), Festival d'animation de Lisbonne, Portugal 2022
- Festival International de Films de Femmes de Créteil, France 2022 (HC)
- FluXus Animation Festival, Zaandam, Pays-Bas 2022
- Festival Les Toiles Filantes ((Programme Vanille – Gebeka Films), Pessac, France 2022
- International Short Film Festival 2ANNAS, Riga, Lettonie 2022
- Animocje, International Animated Film Festival of Bydgoszcz, Pologne 2022
- Festival de cinéma en famille de Québec, Canada 2022
- festival de courts-métrages (Courtivore) de Rouen et Mont-Saint-Aignan, France 2022
- Festival jeune public Les Yeux Ouverts, Le Havre, France 2022
- Festival Faites des courts, Brie Comte Robert, France 2022
- FilmFest München, International film festival of Munich, Allemagne 2022 (HC)
- Lago Film Fest - International Festival of Independent Cinema, Revine Lago, Italie 2022
- Festival international du court métrage de Dijon, France 2022 (HC)
- Short Waves Festival, Poznan, Pologne 2022 (HC)
- Crested Butte Film Festival, Crested Butte, Etats-Unis 2022
- Festival du Film de Gérone, Girona, Espagne 2022

Technical information

Technicals

2D animation

Genre(s)

adventure / action, comedy, ecology / environment

Theme(s)

animals, difference, entraide, Human Behavior

French visa number

154247

Process

couleur

Available print(s)

DCP, ProRes HD, H264 HD

Available version(s)

French version, French version with English subtitles, English version, International version (music and effects)

Image ratio (theaters)

1:85

Image radio (TV, video)

16/9

Sound

Stereo, 5.1

HD

oui

Dialogues

oui

Year of production

2020

Credits

Producer(s)

Executive producers : Reginald de Guillebon (Folimage), Nicolas Burlet (Nadasdy Film)
Producer : Pierre Méloni
Head of development : Corinne Destombes

Script

Yawen Zheng

Animation

Titouan Bordeau, Toby Jackman, Lisa Matuszak, Morten Riisberg Hansen

Decors

Eloïc Gimenez

Compositing

Guillaume Levasseur

colors

Maryse Tuzi, Natalia Chernysheva, Emmanuelle Grivet, Carole Guénault, Morten Riisberg Hansen

Music

Nathanaël Bergèse

Sound

Flavien Van Haezevelde

Editing

Antoine Rodet

Mixage

Yoann Veyrat

Voice(s)

Colin Larue Lucas ; Nathalie Fort ; Emma Demire ; Ana, Lila & Vincent Tessier

Available on DVD
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DVD Vanille

DVD La Résidence 'jeune public'

DVD La Résidence 'jeune public'