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

7 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

28 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


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