Franzy’s Soup-Kitchen

Lonely alien Chef Franzy discovers that her special pink soup is not just delicious, but also magical, when she shares it with starving creatures living on a strange planet.

Direction Script

Ana Chubinidze

Graphism

Ana Chubinidze

Category

short films

Length

8 min 38 sec

Public

from 3 years old, all audience, family

Production

Coproduction : Folimage / Pocket Studio. With the participation of : Centre National de la Cinématographie et de l’image animée -aide au programme-. Co-funded by Creative Europe MEDIA of the European Union. With the support of : Georgian National Film Center, Jikia House, Procirep, Angoa, Cinémathèque québécoise.

Distribution

In French theaters Special screenings International sales

Awards / Festivals

24 PRIX / AWARDS :

- Prix du Meilleur Court Métrage (Jury Professionnel), Festival International du Film pour Enfants de Montréal, Canada 2022
- Audience Award for ages 3+, New York International Children’s Film Festival, New York, Etats-Unis
- Prix Ciné Filou de la compétition 4-7 ans, Ciné Filou Festival, Castres, France 2022
- Special Mention of the Jury, Films for Children Competition, Festival Animafest, Zagreb, Croatie 2022
- Mention spéciale du Petit Jury, Festival du Film d’Animation de Savigny, Suisse 2022
- Audience Award, ANIMAFILM International Animation Festival, Baku, Azerbaijan, 2022
- Best Short Animated Film for Children, ANIMAFILM International Animation Festival, Baku, Azerbaijan, 2022
- Best Stop-motion film for children (6-8 years), StopTrik International Film Festival, Maribor, Slovénie 2022
- Prix Caramel (Pre-school jury), Animatou, Festival du film d’animation de Genève, Suisse 2022
- Special Mention for the Best Children’s Film, Primanima World Festival of First Animations, Budaörs, Hongrie 2022
- Premier Prix du Jury Enfants (4-6 ans), Soria International Short Film Festival, Soria, Espagne 2022
- Łódź Young Audience Award (6-8 years old), StopTrik IFF Replica in Łódź, Pologne 2022
- Best Short Film For Young Children Award, Kuki, Young short film festival of Berlin, Allemagne 2022
- Special Award, Festival Anilogue, Budapest, Hongrie 2022
- Prix du jury ‘meilleur court-métrage’ (compétition 4+), El Meu Primer Festival, Barcelone, Espagne 2022
- Prix du public (compétition jeune public 3 ans), Festival Séquence Court Métrage, Toulouse, France 2022
- Prix des Ecoles (programme Bambins), Festival Européen du Film Court de Brest, France 2022
- Children's Hospital Jury Award, Providence Children's Film Festival, Rhode Island, Etats-Unis 2023
- Prix du Public, Carrousel international du film de Rimouski, Canada 2023
- Mention Spéciale, Tindirindis International Animation Film Festival, Vilnius, Lituanie 2023
- Children’s and Youth Audience Award, Animocje, International Animation Film Festival, Bydgoszcz, Pologne 2023
- Audience Favorite, FilmFest Dresden, Int’l Short Film Festival of Dresden, Allemagne 2023
- Winner of Pink Panda competition, Festival of Animation, Berlin, Allemagne 2023
- Special Mention from the Children Jury, Tbilisi International Film Festival, Géorgie 2023

137 SÉLECTIONS OFFICIELLES / OFFICIAL SELECTIONS :

- Festival International du Court Métrage de Clermont-Ferrand, France 2022
- New York International Children’s Film Festival, New York, Etats-Unis 2022
- Festival International du Film pour Enfants de Montréal, Canada 2022
- Festival national du film d’animation (AFCA), Rennes, France 2022
- REGARD - Festival international du court métrage au Saguenay, Canada 2022
- Kino Pavasaris Film Festival, Vilnius, Lituanie 2022 (HC)
- Monstra, le Festival du film d'animation de Lisbonne, Portugal 2022
- Psaroloco International Children's & Young People’s Film Festival, Pireaus, Grèce 2022
- Festival de cinéma en famille de Québec, Canada 2022
- Bergamo Film Meeting, International Film Festival of Bergamo, Italie 2022 (HC)
- Ciné Filou Festival, Castres, France 2022
- Milwaukee Film Festival, Etats-Unis 2022
- Seattle International Film Festival, Etats-Unis 2022
- Festival International du Film d’Animation d’Annecy, France 2022
- Kids Kino International Film Festival, Warsaw / Wroclaw, Pologne 2022 (HC)
- Zlin Film Festival, Zlin, République tchèque 2022
- Festival Faites des courts, Brie Comte Robert, France 2022
- Festival Plein la bobine, La Bourboule, France 2022 (HC)
- Festival Filem’On, Bruxelles, Belgique 2022
- Fest Anča, Žilina, Slovaquie 2022
- World Festival of Animated Film - Animafest Zagreb, Croatie 2022
- Festival Curtas Vila do Conde (Curtinhas Competition), Vila do Conde, Portugal 2022
- Tumbleweeds Film Festival of Kids, Salt Lake City, Etats-Unis 2022 (HC)
- Anibar International Animation Festival, Peja, Kosovo 2022
- Festival du film d'animation de Savigny, Suisse 2022
- Festival International du Film de La Roche-sur-Yon, France 2022 (HC)
- Umbria Film Festival, Montone, Italie 2022 (HC)
- Buster Film Festival, Copenhague, Danemark 2022 (HC)
- Tenerife Shorts – La Laguna International Film Festival, Tenerife, Espagne 2022
- Festival Court Métrange, Rennes, France 2022
- Festival du Film court en Plein air de Grenoble, France 2022
- Giffoni Film Festival, Salerno, Italie 2022
- Supertoon Festival, Sibenik, Croatie 2022
- Festival International du Film Nancy, France 2022
- TIAF, Taichung International Animation Festival, Taiwan 2022
- Turku Animated Film Festival, Turku, Finlande 2022
- Discovery Film Festival, Dundee, Ecosse 2022 (HC)
- Ottawa International Animation Festival, Ottawa, Canada 2022
- Festival l'Oeil Vagabond, Saint-Brieuc, France 2022 (HC)
- Festival Cervino Cinemountain, Valtournenche / Breuil-Cervinia, Italie 2022
- LINOLEUM, Festival du film d'animation contemporaine de Kiev, Ukraine 2022
- Festival Dok Leipzig, Leipzig, Allemagne 2022
- Festival Animatou, Genève, Suisse 2022
- Festival Stop Motion Montréal, Canada 2022
- Festival International du Film d’Éducation, Évreux, France 2022 (HC)
- Festival Européen du Film Court de Brest, France 2022
- Festival Off-Courts, Trouville, France 2022 (HC)
- Ojo al Piojo! Festival Internacional de cine Infantil, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentine 2022
- El Meu Primer Festival, Barcelone & Madrid, Espagne 2022
- Athens International Children's Film Festival, Athènes, Grèce 2022
- Tindirindis International Animation Film Festival, Vilnius, Lituanie 2022
- Espoo Ciné International Film Festival (Junior Ciné), Espoo, Finlande 2022 (HC)
- World Festival of Animated Film, Varna, Bulgarie 2022
- Viborg Animation festival, Viborg, Danemark 2022
- Animafilm International Animation Festival, Baku, Azerbaijan 2022
- London International Animation Festival, Londres, Angleterre 2022
- Valdivia International Film Festival, Valdivia, Chili 2022 (HC)
- Cairo Animation Forum, Le Caire, Egypte 2022
- StopTrik Festival, Maribor, Slovénie 2022
- Festival du Film Court en Armagnac, Condom, France 2022
- Festival Séquence Court Métrage, Toulouse, France 2022
- Children's Film Festival, Uppsala, Suède, 2022
- REX Animation Festival, Stockholm, Suède, 2022
- Festival du cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Rouyn-Noranda, Canada
- Int’l Animation Short Film Competition of SCHLiNGEL, Festival de films pour enfants, Chemnitz, Allemagne, 2022
- Balkanima Festival, Novi Beograd, Serbie 2022
- Festival Cinéfil, Charleville-Mézières, France 2022 (HC)
- Children's International Children's Film Festival, Reykjavik, Islande 2022 (HC)
- Michel Festival, Hambourg, Allemagne 2022 (HC)
- Festival Animest Bucharest, Roumanie, Bucarest 2022
- Zinebi Festival, Bilbao, Espagne 2022 (HC)
- CinéOpen, Festival du cinéma d’animation de Pontarlier, France 2022
- Thessaloniki Animation Festival, Thessalonique, Grèce 2022
- KUKI 15th Young Short Film Festival, Berlin, Allemagne 2022
- Cinemira International Children's Film Festival, Budapest, Hongrie 2022
- Animateka International Animated Film Festival, Ljubljana, Slovénie 2022
- Piccolo Festival dell’Animazione, San Vito al Tagliamento, Italie 2022
- Chicago International Children’s Film Festival, Etats-Unis 2022
- Primanima World Festival of First Animations, Budaörs, Hongrie 2022
- Leuven International Short Film Festival, Louvain, Belgique 2022 (HC)
- Reggio Film Festival, Reggio Emilia, Italie 2022
- Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie, Canada 2022 (HC)
- Nikozi International Animation Film Festival, Géorgie 2022
- Telavi International Short Film Festival - Golden Grape, Géorgie 2022
- AniNation, International Animation Festival of Jerusalem, Israël 2022 (HC)
- Luxembourg City Film Festival, Luxembourg 2023 (HC)
- Festival Anilogue, Budapest, Hongrie 2022
- Soria International Short Film Festival, Soria, Espagne 2022
- StopTrik IFF Replica in Łódź, Pologne 2022
- Dhaka International Film Festival, Dhaka, Bangladesh 2023
- Festival Black Movie, Geneva International Independent Film Festival, Suisse 2023
- IndieJunior - International Children's and Youth Film Festival, Porto, Portugal 2023
- PIAFF, Paris International Animation Film Festival, Paris, France 2023
- JEF Festival (European Youth Film Festival of Flanders), Anvers et Bruges, Belgique 2023
- FIFF - Festival International du film de Fribourg, Suisse 2023 (HC)
- Providence Children's Film Festival, Rhode Island, Etats-Unis 2023
- Hsin-Yi Children's Animation Awards, Taiwan 2022
- Festival Ciné Junior Val de Marne, France 2023
- Anima, Festival International du Film d'Animation de Bruxelles, Belgique 2023
- Kaboom Animation Festival, Amsterdam, Pays-Bas 2023
- Play, Lisbon International Children Film Festival, Lisbonne, Portugal 2023
- Kristiansand International Children's Film Festival, Kristiansand, Norvège 2023
- Festival Ciné court animé, Roanne, France 2023 (HC)
- ANIMAC, Lleida, Espagne 2023
- Pragueshorts Film Festival, Prague, République Tchèque, 2023
- Animocje, Festival international de films d'animation de Bydgoszcz, Pologne 2023
- Carrousel International du Film de Rimouski, Canada 2023
- FilmFest Dresden, Allemagne 2023 (HC)
- Festival 2Annas, Riga, Lettonie 2023
- Courtivore, festival de courts-métrages de Rouen et Mont-Saint-Aignan, France 2023
- Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen, Pays-Bas 2023 (HC)
- Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, Etats-Unis 2023
- International Children’s & Youth Film Carnival, Hong-Kong, Chine 2023
- Materia Magica, Puppet Theatre Festival, Klaipeda, Lituanie 2023
- Kiki international film festival for kidsFestival, Zabok, Croatie 2023
- FEST, New Directors | New Films Festival, Espinho, Portugal 2023
- Formentera International festival of short films, Formentera, Balearic Islands, Espagne 2023
- Animatricks International Animation Festival, Helsinki, Finlande 2023
- Mecal Pro, Barcelona International Short and Animation Festival, Barcelone, Espagne 2023
- Stop Motion Our Fest (SMOF), Buenos Aires, Argentine 2023
- International Animated Film Festival Animator, Poznan, Pologne 2023 (HC)
- Nenos Fest, Fest International Children`s Film Festival, Galice, Espagne 2023
- Festival of Animation Berlin (Pink Panda competition), Berlin, Allemagne 2023
- TIFF Junior - Tromsø Children's Film Festival, Tromsø, Norvège 2023
- Anifilm, International Festival of Animated Films, Liberec, République Tchèque 2023 (HC)
- Cartoon Club Festival, Rimini, Italie 2023
- Festival Alimenterre, Bruxelles / Charleroi, Belgique 2023 (HC)
- Helsinki International Film Festival, Helsinki, Finlande 2023 (HC)
- International Comic & Animation Festival of Chania, Grèce 2023
- Banjaluka International Animation Festival, Banjaluka, Bosnie-Herzégovine 2023
- Big Cartoon Festival, Moscou, Russie 2023
- Heart of Gold International Shot Film Festival, Gympie, Australie 2023
- GaztefilmFest, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Espagne 2023
- Tbilisi International Film Festival, Géorgie 2023
- Taiwan International Children's Film Festival, Taipei, Taiwan 2024

Technical information

Technicals

puppets, stop motion

Genre(s)

adventure / action, comedy

Theme(s)

food, love, space

French visa number

152840

Process

couleur

Available print(s)

DCP, ProRes HD, H264 HD

Available version(s)

Original version (without dialogues)

Image ratio (theaters)

1:85

Image radio (TV, video)

16/9

Sound

Stereo, 5.1

HD

oui

Dialogues

non

Year of production

2021

Credits

Producer(s)

Producteurs déléguées : Reginald de Guillebon (Folimage), Ana Chubinidze & Olivier Catherin (Pocket Studio).
Producteur exécutif : Pierre Méloni (Folimage)
Directrice du développement : Corinne Destombes (Folimage)

Script

Ana Chubinidze

Animation

Chaïtane Conversat, Loreleï Palies, Sophie Roze, Iula Voitova

Decors

Elene Chichashvili, Ana Chubinidze, Eric Eglène, Khatia Iatashvili, Sophie Kahn, Tata Managadze, Nita Tabatadze

photography

Sara Sponga

Compositing

Christophe Gautry

Music

Erekle Gestadze, Zviad Mgebry

Sound

Beso Kacharava, George Murgulia, Biko Gogaladze, Alexander Sanikidze

Editing

Antoine Rodet

Mixage

Giorgi Lekishvili, Beso Kacharava

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