A smile travels through the world of sadness, transformed by emotions and thoughts but a kiss of love brings it back home.
This project won the Folimage Award at MIFA PITCHES, Animation du Monde (International Animation Film Festival of Annecy).
Lilit Altunyan
Armine Anda
Lilit Altunyan
Categoryshort films
Length6 min 37 sec
Publicall audience
ProductionCoproduction : Hoshkee Film (Armenia) / Folimage. With the support of : The Ministry of Science, Education and Sport of Armenia / National Cinema Center of Armenia, Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Procirep, Angoa, Centre du Patrimoine Arménien (Valence), Festival International du Film d'Animation d'Annecy.
Projet lauréat du Prix Folimage au Festival international du film d'animation d'Annecy 2019 / Pitchs Mifa Animation du Monde.
Sélections officielles :
- Animest, Festival international du film d’animation de Bucarest, Roumanie 2021
- BIAF, Bucheon International Animation Festival, Corée du Sud 2021
- Festival Cinanima, Espinho, Portugal 2021 (HC)
- Carrefour du cinéma d’animation, Forum des images, Paris, France 2021 (HC)
- Olympia International Film Festival, Pyrgos / Amaliada, Grèce 2021
- BASTAU international Film Festival, Almaty, Kazakhstan 2021
- Festival Paris Courts Devant, Paris, France 2022
- Colombo International Women's Film Festival, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka 2021
- Festival International du Court Métrage de Clermont-Ferrand, France 2022
- PLAY - Lisbon's International Kids Film Festival, Lisbonne, Portugal 2022
2D computer graphics, linocut
Genre(s)drama, portrait / biography, literature
Theme(s)loneliness, sadness
Processcouleur
Available print(s)DCP, ProRes HD, H264 HD
Available version(s)French version, French version with English subtitles, Armenian version, Armenian version with French subtitles, Armenian version with English subtitles
Image ratio (theaters)1:85
Image radio (TV, video)16/9
HDoui
Dialoguesoui
Year of production2021
Producer : Armine Anda (Hoshkee Film). Coproducer : Reginald de Guillebon (Folimage).
Head of development : Corinne Destombes (Folimage).
Folimage CEO : Pierre Méloni
Adapted from the poem "When I Am Sad" by Lilit Altunyan. Adaptation by Lilit Altunyan and Armine Anda.
Lilit Altunyan, Armine Anda
AnimationMina Convers, Lilit Altunyan
MusicMiqayel Voskanyan
SoundMiqayel Voskanyan, Tigran Kuzikyan, Ed Mesropyan
EditingKaren Baghinyan
Voice(s)Armine Anda (Armenian version), Nairi Khatchadourian (French version), Victoria Aleksanyan (English version)