The Legend of the Hummingbird

A fire breaks out in the Amazon rainforest, and frightened animals leave their habitat to take refuge on the other bank. Only a little hummingbird persists in fighting the fire when he spots a sloth and its young trapped in the flames.

Direction Script

Morgan Devos

Graphism

Morgan Devos

Category

short films

Length

9 min 29 sec

Public

all audience

Production

Folimage. With the financial support of : CNC, Procirep, Angoa, Gebeka Films

Distribution

In French theaters Special screenings International sales

Awards / Festivals

19 PRIX / AWARDS :

- Mention Spéciale du Jury, Festival Regain, Fos-sur-Mer, France 2025
- Prix de la compétition 8/12 ans, Festival Trois Jours Trop Courts, Castres, France 2025
- Coup de cœur des scolaires pour un court métrage jeune public, Festival national du film d'animation (AFCA), Rennes, France 2025
- Prix du Jury Junior, Festival international du film d’animation de Meknès, Maroc 2025
- Quality Jury Award for Best Animated Short, Periferie Animate Festival, Bari, Italie 2025
- Audience Award for Best Animated Short – Children aged 8–10, Periferie Animate Festival, Bari, Italie 2025
- Mention Spéciale de la classe jury (compétition Mezzo), Festival Plein la Bobine Issoire / La Bourboule, France 2025
- Mention Spéciale (« conveying a powerful message that in the darkest moments »), Festival Anibar, Peja, Kosovo 2025
- Planktoon Award, Supertoon Festival, Šibenik, Croatie 2025
- Special Mention, Anibar International Animation Festival, Peja, Kosovo 2025
- Best Environmental Short Film, Cortocircuiti Short Film Festival, Bari, Italie 2025
- Kids’ choice Short film Award, Cortocircuiti Short Film Festival, Bari, Italie 2025
- Prize from the children, Festival della Lessinia, Bosco Chiesanuova, Verona, Italie 2025
- Special Mention, World Festival of Animated Film, Varna, Bulgarie 2025
- Prix de la musique originale, Chouette Festival, Rieux Minervois, France 2025
- Prix scolaire (primaire), Chouette Festival, Rieux Minervois, France 2025
- Prix de la compétition dès 9 ans, Festival Animatou, Genève, Suisse 2025
- Special Prize (Best Animated Short Film competition), Festival Zero Plus, Tyumen City, Sibérie, Russie 2025
- PrimaKids Children Jury Award, Primanima World Festival of First Animations, Budapest, Hongrie 2025

73 Sélections officielles / Official selections :

- Festival International du Court Métrage de Clermont-Ferrand, France 2025
- Festival national du film d'animation (AFCA), Rennes, France 2025
- ITFS, International Trickfilm Festival of Animated Film, Stuttgart, Allemagne 2025
- Festival Trois Jours Trop Courts, Castres, France 2025
- Cinemagic ‘On the Pulse’ Festival, Belfast, Irlande du Nord 2025
- Festival Faîtes des Courts, Brie Comte Robert, France 2025
- PTX XS Kids and Teens Content Festival, Taipei, Taiwan 2025
- Zlin Film Festival, Zlin, République Tchèque 2025
- Festival Regain, Fos-sur-Mer, France 2025
- Festival international du film d’animation de Meknès, Maroc 2025
- Flatpack Festival, Birmingham, Angleterre 2025
- Festival Plein la Bobine, Issoire / La Bourboule, France 2025
- Margaret Mead Film Festival, American Museum of Natural History, New York, Etats-Unis 2025
- Matsumoto Film Festival, Nagano, Japon 2025
- Kaohsiung Film Festival, Taiwan 2025 (HC)
- Curtocircuíto – International Film Festival, Madrid, Espagne 2025 (HC)
- Animafest Zagreb, Croatie 2025
- Periferie Animate Festival, Bari, Italie 2025
- ShorTS International Film Festival, Trieste, Italie 2025
- Göteborg Film Festival Prisma, Göteborg, Suède 2025 (HC)
- Kiki International Film Festival for Children, Zabok, Croatie 2025
- Planktoon – Competition of Short Animated Films for Children, by Supertoon Festival, Šibenik, Croatia 2025
- Anibar International Animation Festival, Peja, Kosovo 2025
- Rolan International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Yerevan, Arménie 2025
- Festival du Film court en Plein air de Grenoble, France 2025
- FILMETS Badalona Film Festival, Badalona/Barcelone, Espagne 2025
- Festival Zero Plus, Tyumen City, Sibérie, Russie 2025
- Festival Crested Butte Film Festival (Colorado), Etats-Unis 2025
- Buster Film Festival, Copenhague, Danemark 2025
- Festival jeune public "Les yeux ouverts", Montivilliers, France 2025
- Festival Animix, Tel-Aviv, Israël 2025 (HC)
- Festival international du film pour enfants et jeunes (Zinetxiki Zinemaldia), Bilbao, Espagne 2025
- Festival della Lessinia, Bosco Chiesanuova, Verona, Italie 2025
- Festival Animatou, Genève, Suisse 2025
- Insomnia International Open-Air Animation Film Festival, Kaluga, Russie 2025
- Festival International du Film de La Roche-sur-Yon, France 2025
- World Festival of Animated Film, Varna, Bulgarie 2025
- Innsbruck nature film festival, Innsbruck, Autriche 2025
- Cortocircuiti Short Film Festival, Bari, Italie 2025
- Festival Pariscience, Paris, France 2025 (HC)
- MOTELX - Lisbon International Horror Film Festival, Lisbonne, Portugal 2025
- Festival international de cinéma de Bueu, Galice, Espagne 2025
- Festival du Nouveau Cinéma de Montréal, Canada 2025
- El meu primer festival, Barcelone / Madrid, Espagne 2025
- Festival du film d'animation pour la jeunesse at Bourg-en-Bresse, France 2025
- Zero Plus International children's and family film festival, Tyumen, Russie 2025
- Rencontres de cinéma de Gindou, France 2025
- Festival Européen du Film Court de Brest, France 2025
- Filem'On, festival int’l du film pour jeune public, Bruxelles et Gand, Belgique 2025
- Big Cartoon Festival, Moscou, Russie 2025
- Festival Cinekid Amsterdam, Pays-Bas 2025
- The Wild Festival, San Miguel de Oia, Espagne 2025
- KINEKO International Film Festival, Futakotamagawa, Tokyo, Japon 2025
- Animator Fest - European Youth Festival of Animated Film, Jagodina, Serbie 2025
- Chouette Festival, Rieux Minervois, France 2025
- Festival Voix d'Etoiles, Port Leucate, France 2025
- Valdivia International Film Festival, Valdivia, Chili 2025 (HC)
- Piccolo Festival dell'Animazione, San Vito Al Tagliamento, Italie 2025
- Primanima World Festival of First Animations, Budapest, Hongrie 2025
- CaFF (Catholic Film Festival), Seoul, Corée du Sud 2025 (HC)
- Animateka - Festival international du film d'animation, Ljubljana, Slovénie 2025
- Festival International du Film d’Éducation, Évreux, France 2025
- Cinemira International Children’s and Youth Film Festival, Budapest, Hongrie 2025
- Festival La Toile des Palmistes, Cayenne, Guyane, France 2025 (HC)
- BOO International Film Festival, Prague, République Tchèque 2025
- Reggio Film Festival, Reggio Emilia, Italie 2025
- Listapad, Minsk International Film Festival, Minsk, Biélorussie 2025
- FIFAVA, Festival international du court métrage d'Anglet, France 2025
- Busan Haeundae International Animal Film Festival, Busan, Corée du Sud 2025 (HC)
- SCIFF, School Cinema International Film Festival, Bangalore, Inde 2025
- Ames International Children's Film Festival (Cinema Miúdo), Ames, Espagne 2025
- Be Green Film Festival, Crispiano, Italie 2026
- Kristiansand Int Children’s Filmfest Festival, Kristiansand, Norvège 2026

Technical information

Technicals

mixed technique, author's technique, traditional 2D animation, 2D animation

Genre(s)

adventure / action, educational, tale, legend, fable, suspense, ecology / environment, edutainment, survival

Theme(s)

adventure, animals, biodiversity, bird, conflict, country, deforestation, ecology, environment, fear, flora, friendship, Human Behavior, nature, pollution, survival, water

French visa number

159085

Process

couleur

Available print(s)

DCP, ProRes HD, H264 HD

Available version(s)

Original version (without dialogues)

Image ratio (theaters)

Scope

Image radio (TV, video)

16/9

Sound

Stereo, 5.1

HD

oui

Dialogues

oui

Year of production

2025

Credits

Producer(s)

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

Script

Morgan Devos. Consultant scénario : Julien Gallet

Animation

June Ortu, Morgan Devos

Decors

Morgan Devos

Compositing

Izù Troin

Music

Cyrille Marchesseau

sound design

Louis Chambon

Editing

Antoine Rodet

Mixage

Vincent Barcello