Rains

This film is connected with a shipwreck, the shipwreck of a city which, drawn up under the repeated attacks of the rain, sees its inhabitants sinking in his centre. An urban poetry with the particular style, made up mainly of fixed and frontal plans and conceived like a tiny opera.

Direction Graphism

David Coquard-Dassault

Category

short films

Length

7 min 40 sec

Public

from 7 years old, all audience

Production

Production : Folimage. Coproduction : ONF NFB Canada. Avec le soutien de : Canal +, Canal Overseas Africa, Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image animée, Région Rhône-Alpes, Procirep/Angoa.

Distribution

In French theaters Special screenings International sales

Awards / Festivals

- Mention Spéciale du jury, Festival du court métrage de Clermont-Ferrand 2009.
- Grand Prix National, Festival au Saguenay, Canada 2009.
- Mention Spéciale du jury, Festival International de Leipzig 2009.
- Sélection officielle
Semaine de la critique, Festival de Cannes 2008
Festival IndieLisboa, Lisbonne, Portugal 2011
Festival de Sundance, USA 2010
Festival Flickerfest du court-métrage de Sidney,  Australie 2010
Festival Krok, Ukraine 2009
SICAF Seoul, Corée du Sud 2009
Festival international du court-métrage de Huesca, Espagne 2009
Festival du court-métrage de Bruxelles Anima, Belgique 2009
Festival itinérant de films européens d’Ankara, Turquie 2008
Festival international du film francophone de Namur, Belgique 2008

Technical information

Technicals

drawings on paper

Genre(s)

drama

Theme(s)

city, wandering

French visa number

118 387

Process

nb

Available print(s)

35mm, DVD, Quicktime file

Available version(s)

Original version (without dialogues)

Image ratio (theaters)

1:85

Sound

Dolby SR

HD

oui

Dialogues

non

Year of production

2008

Credits

Producer(s)

Pascal Le Nôtre

Decors

David Coquard-Dassault

Compositing

Benjamin Bourreau

Music

Christophe Héral

Sound

Christophe Héral

Editing

Hervé Guichard

Available on DVD
DVD Folimage Tout Court

DVD Folimage Tout Court

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