The Songbirds' Secret

When 9-year-old Lucie arrives at Bectoile for the vacations, she has no idea of the adventures ahead. Her mother, Caroline, is leading an archaeological dig in the region with her colleague Pierrot. Bectoile is also the town where Caroline grew up, and the scene of a family secret... which Lucie is about to unveil! With the help of her new friend Yann and a very special pair of songbirds, Lucie is determined to delve into her family story.
From the underground of a ruined castle to a camper van parked on the edge of the woods, this adventure will lead them from unusual surprises to fabulous discoveries!

• Theatrical release in France : October 22nd, 2025
• World Première : Annecy Festival, June 2025
• Exhibition in Annecy (CAUE, June 8-14)

Direction

Antoine Lanciaux

Script

Antoine Lanciaux
Pierre-Luc Granjon

Graphism

Sophie Roze, Samuel Ribeyron

Category

feature films

Length

1h 17 mn

Public

from 5 years old, all audience, family

Production

Folimage, Les Armateurs, Lunanime, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma, Will Production, JPL Films, Dragons Films, Pictanovo, Folimage Animation, TNZPV Productions.

The project received support from: CNC, Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Région Grand Est, Région Provence-Alpes Côte d’Azur, Région Bretagne, Région Hauts-de-France, Ciclic - Région Centre-Val de Loire, VAF, Screen Flanders, Tax Shelter, Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Gebeka Films, France tv distribution, Lumière Publishing, Cofinova 18, Cofinova 19, Procirep-Angoa, RTS, Actes Sud jeunesse, Festival La Rochelle Cinema. Co-financed by the European Union. In partnership with Canson and Inrap.

© 2025 Folimage, Les Armateurs, Lunanime, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma, Will Production, JPL Films, Dragons Films, Pictanovo, Folimage Animation, TNZPV Productions

Distribution

In French theaters

Gebeka Films

Special screenings

Folimage

International sales

France TV Distribution

Technical information

Technicals

paper cut-out

Genre(s)

adventure / action, comedy

Theme(s)

adventure, animals, archaeology, biodiversity, childhood, communication, country, daily life, discovery, environment, exclusion, family, farm, flora, friendship, humor, meeting, memory, nature

French visa number

152175

Process

couleur

Available print(s)

DCP, DVD, ProRes HD, H264 HD

Available version(s)

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

Image ratio (theaters)

1:85

Image radio (TV, video)

16/9

Sound

Stereo, 5.1

oui

Dialogues

oui

Year of production

2025

Credits

Producer(s)

Folimage (Reginald de Guillebon, Pierre Méloni), Les Armateurs (Reginald de Guillebon). En coproduction avec Lunanime (Annemie Degryse), Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma, Will Production (Didier Falk), JPL Films (Camille Raulo, Jean-François Bigot), Dragons Films (Stéphane Lhoest), Pictanovo, Folimage Animation, TNZPV Productions (Marc Rius, Mathieu Rey, Thomas Giusiano).

Animation

Sophie Roze, Aline Quertain, Nicolas Liguori, Pierre-Luc Granjon, Léonie Liefooghe, Chaïtane Conversat, Juliette Paquet, Marie-Émilie Amsallem, Loreleï Paliès, Geertrui De Vijlder, Rosanne Janssens, Frederic Tilleman, Jasmine Elsen, Bahar Kiamoghaddam, Fredericke Verhoeven, Catherine Bossy, Juliette Aparicio, Camille Rossi, Grégory Duroy, Antoine Lanciaux

Decors

Samuel Ribeyron, Sandrine Héritier, Simon Jacquard, Delphine Daumas, Coline Desclides, Damien Louche-Pélissier, Cécilia Pepper, Eric Eglène, Richard Despres, Audrey Delepouille, Zélie Elkihel

Compositing

Christophe Gautry, Maïa Gascuel, Faustin Mainguenaud, Izù Troin, Anna Vincensini, Florent Bonneviale, Léo Régeard, Thibaut Richard, Annechien Strouven, Maxime Lambert, Ben Van De Berghe, Lisa Verhue

Music

Didier Falk

Sound

Loïc Burkhardt, Vivien Roche, Ewen Babalone, Samuel Billot, Didier Bouchet, Didier Falk, Ewen Babalone, Ewen Babalone, Sandra De Moyter

Editing

Hervé Guichard

Mixage

Alek Goosse

Voice(s)

Lucie Leontiadis, Marina Le Guennec, Yannick Jaulin, François Marthouret, Anton Souverbie Giorgis, Thierry Buenafuente

director assistant

Camille Rossi, Lionel Kerjean

puppets

Sophie Roze, Camille Rossi, Grégory Duroy, Souad Wedell, Camille Rossi, Izabela Bartosik, Christel Guibert, Loreleï Paliès, Simon Jacquard, Marie-Émilie Amsallem, Catherine Bossy, Anna Vincensini, Diane Dedecker, Emma Bouchon, Gilles Coirier, Hugues Brière, Janis Aussel, Maëlle Bossard, Maude Gallon, Quentin Lemouland

color grading

David Chantoiseau

sound effects

Didier Falk

image editing

Hervé Guichard

sound editing

Loïc Burkhardt, Adrien Inglebert