My Grandpa is hiding

A grandfather explains to his grandson that he'll have to take care of his flower garden after he dies. There follows a touching and poetic discussion about losing loved ones and on the marks they leave behind.

Direction Script

Jean Regnaud

Graphism

Anne Huynh

Category

short films

Length

7 min 11 sec

Public

all audience

Production

Folimage. Partners: Bourse des festivals (Rhône-Alpes Cinéma / CNC), CNC FAIA, Procirep Angoa, Région Auvergne Rhône-Alpes, France télévisions.

Distribution

In French theaters Special screenings International sales

Awards / Festivals

7 awards :

- Special Distinction Prize Short Film, Bucheon International Animation Festival, Corée du Sud 2018
- Prix du Jury (catégorie +7 ans), El Meu Primer Festival, Barcelone, Espagne 2018
- Best Animated Short Film Award, Olympia Int’l Film Festival for Children and Young People, Pyrgos, Grèce 2018
- Prix du Jury professionnel, Festival Les Yeux Ouverts, Le Havre, France 2019
- Best Animation Film, Sharjah International Film Festival For Children & Youth, aux Emirats Arabes Unis 2019
- Mention spéciale d’animation, festival Ecran libre d’Aigues-Mortes, France 2019
- Best Art, Neum Animated Film Festival, Bosnie 2020

63 selections :

- Carrousel international du film de Rimouski, Québec, Canada 2018
- Festival Européen du Film Court de Brest, France 2018 (HC)
- El Meu Primer Festival, Barcelone, Espagne 2018
- Bucheon International Animation Festival, Corée du Sud 2018
- Carrefour du cinema d’animation, Paris, France 2018
- Banjaluka International animated film festival, Bosnie 2018
- Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People, Pyrgos, Grèce 2018
- Festival Les Nuits Magiques, Bègles, France 2018
- Festival Cinemagic, Belfast, Irlande du Nord 2018
- Tindirindis, Vilnius International animation film festival, Lituanie 2018
- Cinanima - International Animated Film Festival, Espinho, Portugal 2018
- PÖFF Shorts, Short Film & Animation Festival, Tallinn, Estonie 2018
- Festival du film court de Villeurbanne, France 2018 (HC)
- CutOut, International Animation Film Festival, Querétaro, Mexique 2018
- Festival Ale Kino, Poznan, Pologne 2018
- Festival Animateka, Ljubljana, Slovénie 2018 (HC)
- Festival Anilogue, Budapest, Hongrie 2018
- Festival du film court francophone de Vaulx-en-Velin, France 2018
- Festival Ciné Junior Val de Marne, France 2018
- Festival du court métrage de Clermont-Ferrand, France 2019
- Tehran International Animation Festival, Téhéran, Iran 2019
- FIFEM Montréal, Canada 2019
- Festival national du film d'animation (AFCA), Rennes, France 2019
- Cleveland International Film Festival, Etats-Unis 2019
- Festival international du cinéma d'animation de Méknès, Maroc 2019
- Festival de cinéma d’animation de Pontarlier, France 2019
- 14th Athens Animfest, Athènes, Grèce 2019
- Festival Regard au Saguenay, Chicoutimi, Canada 2019
- Festival Ciné Filou, Castres, France 2019
- Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, Etats-Unis 2019 (HC)
- International Short Film Festival of Oberhausen, Allemagne 2019
- 7 Petits Cailloux, Festival du court métrage jeunesse de Tinqueux, France 2019
- Festival Anima de Bruxelles, Belgique 2019 (HC)
- Festival international du film d’animation d’Annecy, France 2019
- Festival international de cinéma Résistances, France 2019 (HC)
- Festival de la Petite école du film court de Nancy, France 2019
- MIAF, Melbourne International Animation Festival, Australie 2019
- Imaginaria Film Festival, Conversano, Italie 2019
- Festival du film court en plein air de Grenoble, France 2019
- Still Voices Short Film Festival, Ballymahon, Irlande 2019
- World Festival of Animated Film, Varna, Bulgarie 2019
- Animatou, Festival International du film d’animation de Genève, Suisse 2019
- Sharjah International Film Festival For Children & Youth, aux Emirats Arabes Unis 2019
- Festival du film d'animation de Bourg-en-Bresse, France 2019 (HC)
- Chicago International Children's Film Festival, Chicago, Etats-Unis 2019
- Txiki Festival, Festival de Cinéma et Education aux Images, Biarritz, France 2019
- Abycine (Abycinitos educative section), Film Festival of Albacete, Espagne 2019 (HC)
- Festival Voix d’Etoiles, Leucate, France 2019
- festival Ecran libre, Aigues-Mortes, France 2019
- Festival du cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Rouyn-Noranda, Canada 2019 (HC)
- Reggio Film Festival, Reggio Emilia, Italie 2019
- Providence Children’s Film Festival, à Rhode Island, Etats-Unis 2020
- Smile International Film Festival for Children & Youth, New Delhi, Inde 2019
- Ramdam Festival, Tournai, Belgique 2020
- Play, Festival du film pour enfants de Lisbonne, Portugal 2020
- GLAS Animation Festival, Berkeley, California, Etats-Unis 2020 (HC)
- Forum international du film d'animation du Caire, Egypte 2020
- Festival Jeunesse Tout Courts, Rémalard, France 2020
- Festival du Film d’Animation de Savigny, Suisse 2020
- Third Action Film Festival, Calgary, Canada 2020
- Neum Animated Film Festival, Bosnie 2020

Technical information

Technicals

pastels on wax

Genre(s)

drama, ecology / environment, portrait / biography, research / trial

Theme(s)

childhood, death, family, garden, talk

French visa number

146 400

Process

couleur

Available print(s)

DCP, DVD, Blu-Ray, ProRes HD, H264 HD

Available version(s)

French version, French version with English subtitles

Image ratio (theaters)

1:85

Image radio (TV, video)

16/9

Sound

Stereo, 5.1

HD

oui

Dialogues

oui

Year of production

2018

Credits

Producer(s)

Folimage.
Producteur délégué : Reginald de Guillebon
Producteur exécutif : Pierre Méloni
Directrice du développement : Corinne Destombes

Adapted from

Anne Huynh

Animation

Anne Huynh

Decors

Anne Huynh

Compositing

Nicolas Hu, Christophe Gautry. Chef opérateur : Sara Sponga

Music

Pierre Oberkampf

Sound

Loïc Burkhardt

Editing

Antoine Rodet

Mixage

Cédric Lionnet

Voice(s)

Jean-Pierre Yvars, Jack Mathews

Available on DVD
DVD Ta mort en short(s)

DVD Ta mort en short(s)

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