Toute la sélection officielle FFAA 2023

Découvrez au fil des semaines tous les films retenus en compétition en sélection officielle lors du FFAA 2023.

Long métrage d'animation

THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL ORCHESTRA

Réalisateur: Imanol Zinkunegi, Joseba Ponce - Espagne

Synopsis : The Terrestrial Orchestra is the surreal and exciting story of a group of eccentric musicians who dream of putting together an orchestra and touring world.

TITINA

Réalisateur: Kajsa Naess - Norway

Synopsis : Italian airship engineer Umberto Nobile enjoys a quiet life with his beloved dog Titina, who charmed him into rescuing her from the streets of Rome. One day, Norwegian explorer superstar Roald Amundsen contacts him and orders an airship to conquer The North Pole. Nobile seizes the opportunity to go down in history. He brings Titina along, and the unlikely trio sets out on an expedition to the last undiscovered place on Earth. Their quest is successful but, in the aftermath, the two men start to quarrel over the glory...
Through the eyes of the four-legged celebrity Titina, (re)discover a true story of triumph and defeat!

Série télévisée d'animation

Pix and Leo

Réalisateur:Vasilis Evdokias, Lefteris Faidas, Iannis Texis - Greece

Synopsis : Pix, a lively and playful little fox, and her best friend Leo, a sleepy and curious lion, meet their animal neighbors, explore different environments and learn about the ups and downs of friendship.

Alma's Way - Lost in the Bronx/New Neighbors

Réalisateur: Dave Barton Thomas, Shawn Seles - United States

Synopsis : Italian airship engineer Umberto Nobile enjoys a quiet life with his beloved dog Titina, who charmed him into rescuing her from the streets of Rome. One day, Norwegian explorer superstar Roald Amundsen contacts him and orders an airship to conquer The North Pole. Nobile seizes the opportunity to go down in history. He brings Titina along, and the unlikely trio sets out on an expedition to the last undiscovered place on Earth. Their quest is successful but, in the aftermath, the two men start to quarrel over the glory...
Through the eyes of the four-legged celebrity Titina, (re)discover a true story of triumph and defeat!

The Rubbish World of Dave Spud

The Rubbish World of Dave Spud: Night School

Réalisateur:Edward Foster- United Kingdom

Synopsis : The Rubbish World of Dave Spud Series 2 returns with more original British comedy and wilder adventures expanding the world of Dave, his family and his friends! The series for kids provides a great representation of the UK with it set in the seaside town of Grimsby. It has classic British humour and comic moments that have already become a cult hit with fans. In this particular episode Dave and his friends are locked in school overnight but find that they are not alone. ...

In Living Colours

Réalisateur:Francis Gélinas - Canada

Synopsis : We never know where life will take us, but we can always remember a defining moment that changed it forever : an encounter, an event, an achievement... Brought to the screen in animation, these stories full of twists and turns show the importance of sharing precious memories with our little ones.

In Living Colours

Imago

Réalisateur:Gaelle Autin, Charles Lefebvre - France

Synopsis : In the world of Hilya, some children are able to create their “Imago” – a magical animal - out of imagination. Our story begins with four children who have accidentally awoken an ancient evil. And now, as inexperienced as they may be, the only way they can make up for it is to embark on a fantastic journey throughout the whole realm to meet and gather the fabled Primagos, the most powerful imagos on Hilya.

Cracké Family Scramble

Réalisateur: Jonathan Simard - Canada

Synopsis : A first-time daddy, Ed loves his ostrich octuplets more than anything! His overprotective instincts, lack of experience and out-of-control imagination turn every family activity into an unexpected adventure.

Welcome to the family scramble!.

Cracké Family Scramble
CRITICAL LINE

CRITICAL LINE

Réalisateur: VICENTE MALLOLS - Spain

Synopsis : Nassotis, throws a lot of garbage into the sea, but it always comes back, until he is buried in a garbage pile thanks to a fish that intends to teach him a lesson.

Uli & Tata's African Nursery Rhymes

Réalisateur: Chief Nyamweya - Kenya

Synopsis : Uli & Tata's African Nursery Rhymes is a 2D animated children's series that follows two siblings, Uli and her brother Tata, on their adventures in search of nursery rhymes from East Africa. As they collect these songs they also learn lessons about the ecology, and interact with the people and culture around them.

Each episode of Uli & Tata is a new musical adventure in a different location which celebrates the region's rich cultural and natural heritage through the power of song and animation.

Super Meow

Super Meow

Réalisateur: Tatiana Mosh - Bahrain

Synopsis : Welcome to the school for true superheroes! Each kitten is learning to handle its superpowers not only in the classroom but also in real-life situations. Just like our viewers, all the students have their own superpowers, their own features, their own personalities. But the kittens still don’t know how to control their powers...

The great lesson from Nonna!

Réalisateur: Andre Vaz, Isa Vaal, Armando Colussi - Brazil

Synopsis : Sara is baking a cake with Nonna and her sisters, but when Nonna gets distracted by the girls she loses her glasses in the cake misture! Now only finishing baking the cake will help Sara get her grandma glasses back.

The great lesson from Nonna

Alex

Réalisateur: Luc AFFO - Côte d'Ivoire

Synopsis : Alex is a 12-year-old Ivorian boy. At such a young age, he is a great lover of fashion. It adopts any kind of style, in particular the styles of the "cut Quirky". His mother, very angry with his style of dress, one day decides to To speak. To do this, she records their story conversation using a camera. to show the Ivorian population what becomes of their child.

Meilleur film d'animation africain

APACHA

Réalisateur: FORTUNE DUBIEN TSETE - Congo

Synopsis : Lorsque mettre en marche une télévision devient une tâche difficile APACHA reste déterminer malgré que tout ne se passe pas comme prévu.

APACHA

Billichi

Réalisateur: MK- 96 - Mali

Synopsis : Following the murder of his father, Bakary, leagued by the king to avenge his death, attacks Bilichi, the intrepid warrior feared by all.

APACHA

Réalisateur: Ibrahim SOGODOGO - Côte d'Ivoire

Court métrage d'animation étudiant

The Prejudiced Hierarchist

Réalisateur: Conform Cox - Netherlands

Synopsis : For a long time, humanity has separated itself from animality. But the more scientists know about non-human animals, the more they see similarities with humans. We need animal emancipation to go forward. This short movie makes a start in breaking down human’s hierarchical ideas about other animals, using real-life examples.

Court métrage d'animation

APACHA

Réalisateur: FORTUNE DUBIEN TSETE - Congo

Synopsis : Lorsque mettre en marche une télévision devient une tâche difficile APACHA reste déterminer malgré que tout ne se passe pas comme prévu.

APACHA
Toma Théo

Toma Théo

Réalisateur: Louisette Ismaël RATSIVAHINY - Switzerland

Synopsis : Toma Theo is a dreamy young boy. He has decided to make his dream come true: that all the children of the world should love all kinds of vegetables in their plates. With the help of his friends, he suggests to build a show to convince the children. They embark on an adventure full of music, dance

Thread Threat

Réalisateur: Konstantina Sofokleous - Cyprus

Synopsis : Wholly filmed on top of a doll silhouette, an interpretation of the 1810 Grimm handwritten manuscript of 'Snow White'*, concentrating on the cruelty of Snow White's biological mother.

TECHNIQUE Thread used like coloured pencils to 'translate' my drawing lines with a new material.

Special thanks to the Aardman Academy.

Thread Threat
Touramakan

Touramakan

Réalisateur: Davinci T - Mali

Synopsis : Le retour de l’émissaire de Soundiata annonce un défi lancé par Djolofin Mansa. Pour relever ce défi, les chefs de guerre se présentent comme volontaires y compris Touramakan. Face au silence du Roi, Touramakan impatient menace de se suicider.

Once Upon... My Story!

Réalisateur: Francis Gélinas - Canada

Synopsis : Once upon a time … children were invited to let their imagination run free and tell stories using their own words. Animated for the small screen, these charming, humorous adventures combine reality and fantasy, and immerse us in the unbridled imagination of children. A real treat!

Once Upon... My Story

Under the waterlilies

Réalisateur: olivier Aufauvre, jean jacques Lonni - France

Synopsis : In his garden at Giverny, Claude Monet loses his inspiration and is hired by his friend Georges Clémenceau to deliver eight large decorative panels. A young gardener shows him the sketchbooks of his brother who has gone to the front. The horror of what he discovers, the perfect antithesis of his work, will be the starting point for his reunion with inspiration.

Margot and The Space Robot

Réalisateur: Nicolas Rendu - France

Synopsis : Two cruel Aliens want to enslave the population of Aquarelle. Margot and the Robot Gabriel are going to oppose then because noting is impossible when artificial and human forces...

Margot and The Space Robot
Mila

Mila

Réalisateur: Cinzia Angelini - United States

Synopsis : MILA is a war story that takes on a child's perspective. Inspired by World War II stories from the director's mother, the character of Mila represents the best of humanity. Although she has lost everything - her family, her house, her peace - she still clings to hope. With a little more than imagination and humanity, Mila manages to profoundly impact others, including a caring stranger who saves her.

SELECTION PROCESS

Réalisateur: CARLA PEREIRA - Spain

Synopsis : In a particular universe, a cat goes to a job interview where his skills will be valued by three mice. As the interview progresses the situation becomes increasingly uncomfortable for all involved.

SELECTION PROCESS
S4S

S4S

Réalisateur: alice manieri- Italy

Synopsis : This is a corporate/brand Film. School4SID is a school for society Leaders created by tow science researchers and consultants in the European Parliaments.. The film is about Shool4Sid method: how to approach world Complexity and to face the great challenges of our hyper-connected

The Bridge

Réalisateur: Bernardo dePaulo Romero - United States

Synopsis : With music from the legendary artist Lou Reed 'The Bridge' is a short film about mental and animal health inspired by a real life-saving friendship

The Bridge
ChaCha

ChaCha

Réalisateur: Chenghua Yang, Shang Zhang - China

Synopsis : Two middle-aged couples with very different personalities and habits meet in France for some reason and embark on a meaningful and extraordinary journey in an unfamiliar country.

Children Left-behind

Réalisateur: Guolun Feng - China

Synopsis : When her parents return for the Spring Festival, the daughter they left at home enjoys a brief moment of happiness and the rare arc of a fairy tale. Unwilling to watch them go back to the city again for work, she chases after them. The fairy tale characters she encounters on her journey weave into a fascinating story.

Children Left-behind
Orchids

Orchids

Réalisateur: Sacha Calame, Florian Dilloo - France

Synopsis : It's the story of an ordinary young woman who goes to a bar regularly and falls under the spell of the bartender who will change her forever.

La Calesita

Réalisateur: Augusto Schillaci - Argentina

Synopsis : A heartfelt story of the beloved Argentinian merry-go-round operators who have dedicated their lives to providing fun and happiness to children and their neighborhoods.
This is a story of perseverance and community above the individual.

Shakespeare for all Ages

Réalisateur: Hannes Rall - Germany

Synopsis : Shakespeare's works are timeless - this film proves it!

Awarded with the Seal of Approval"Highly Recommended" the highest distinction of the FBW, the German federal authority for evaluating and rating film and media.

"How can you give the target and age group "smartphone" an overview of the work of this unique literary genius without getting bogged down in long-winded lectures on verse and drama theory? The filmmaker and artist Hannes Rall has turned this consideration into a very short and yet for that very reason so great animated film. (...) He succeeds in depicting the poet's most famous plays in an immediately recognisable way with individual images that flow dynamically into one another. A smart, entertaining and coherent Shakespeare homage in about 3 minutes."

The Magic Book Story

Réalisateur: Andre Vaz, Isa Vaal, Armando Colussi - Brazil

Synopsis : Jose finds a magic book! Everything he draws it appears in front of him! So instead of making a delicious cupcake with his own hands, Jose uses the magic book. But gradually this fun magic loses control and Jose learns that he has to work hard to get what he wants!

Guilty Pleasure

Réalisateur: Michał Orzechowski - Poland

Synopsis : At the edge of the forest stood a house inhabited by a married couple and two adult sons. The film begins during their ordinary existence. A ringing alarm clock indicates that it is time to start the show. Father and son Andrew start a theater for the mother. The second son, Stephen is awaiting the arrival of his partner. A girl on a motorcycle pulls up to the cottage. Stefan quickly puts on his suit and jumps out the window. The couple is leaving

3 geNARRATIONS

Réalisateur: Paulina Ziółkowska - Poland

Synopsis : 3 generations, 3 narrations, 3 different points of view. A dance of generations.

Room 5

Réalisateur: Francis Y. Brown - Ghana

Synopsis : Room 5 basically tells a story of how patients are treated by nurses when we visit the hospital but this is coupled with a sub plot of how most people are afraid of injection. The genre is a dark comedy.

YA MUKOLO

Réalisateur: Patrick BHAYO - Congo, the Democratic Republic of the

Synopsis : Tout ce que Ya MUKOLO voulait, c’était soulager sa faim. Il ne voulait pas devenir célèbre et ne voulait impressionner personne. Mais son appétit scandaleusement spectaculaire a attiré l'attention de tout le quartier.

Jonh Mango - Sawa House

Réalisateur: Fée Klochett, Witi - Cameroon

Synopsis : The strange character of Jonh Mango finds himself stuck in a space-time loop. Guided by an enigmatic female spirit, he naively navigates between the world of the living and that of stranger spirits.

Hi! How are you?

Réalisateur: Gaïa Grandin-Mendzylewski - France

Little Smasher

Réalisateur: Gilles Cuvelier - France

Synopsis : Poetic testimony of a family crossing time and space to the rhythm of the uncontrollable crises of the youngest.

Failure to assist a person in danger

Réalisateur: Marc Faye - France

Synopsis : Who cannot subscribe to the idea of providing assistance in an emergency situation ? However, the promulgation of the law on non-assistance to person in danger took place for a surprising reason under the Vichy regime during the Second World War.

Justice

Réalisateur: Marc Faye - France

Synopsis : In 1983 the former head of the Gestapo, Klaus Barbie, was arrested. Robert Badinter recounts the ambivalent feeling he had when he realised that by abolishing the death penalty two years earlier he had just saved the life of the man who had signed his father's deportation order to the Sobibor extermination camp.

Dat's real good ?

Réalisateur: Marc Faye - France

Synopsis : On 23 February 2005, the radio announced a law project about the benefits of French colonisation. This announcement disrupted the daily life of Louise and her family. Her house turns out to be inhabited by strange presences.

Whale’s song

Réalisateur: Adeline Faye - France

Synopsis : One morning, a group of citizens discovers a big whale corpse in the middle of the city. They can't get around it, so they'll have to face the animal body. This meeting is about to transform them in an unexpected way.

Green peas

Réalisateur: Florentine Grelier, Francis Gavelle - France

Synopsis : Playful and sensual, sometimes nostalgic, ten women evoke the love of taste and the taste of love.

Tales of Zale - Flickering Lights

Réalisateur: Sif Savery - Denmark

Synopsis : Unsure of where to go in life, Zale encounters an old bison waiting for a broken light signal to turn green and let him pass. Before he knows it, Zale too is pulled into the hopeless waiting game which threatens to unravel him.

Blue Teddy Bear

Réalisateur: Marina Andree Skop - Croatia

Synopsis : A boy got a blue teddy bear for his fifth birthday. Although he desperately wanted to open the gift, his mom wouldn't let him because dust and bacteria often live on plush toys. The boy longed to unwrap teddy bear, imagining about playing with it. But one day his younger cousin visited him and took his teddy away. The boy experienced a disappointment that he will remember for a long time. When he grew up and became a dad, he decided to do everything to make his son’s dreams come true.

Marie. Eduardo. Sophie

Réalisateur: Thomas Corriveau - Canada

Synopsis : An immersive diving into the movement of bodies and painting, with three magnificent performers of contemporary dance from Montreal, Marie Mougeolle, Eduardo Ruiz Vergara et Sophie Corriveau.

Lovely Rita

Réalisateur: Elena Madrid - Switzerland

Synopsis : The strict traffic policewoman Rita loves control and order in her workplace. That’s why she has drawn up a rigid, rectangular road network, through which she directs the drivers with precise instructions. But as more and more cars find their way into her narrow network and it soon threatens to burst, Rita loses control in the traffic.

A short story about stress, traffic jams and how to make the best of it.

Pa Aromire

Réalisateur: Adeoye Adebayo Adetunji - Nigeria

Synopsis : stop motion animation: You are welcome into the life changing expedition of Pa Aromire, the wisest man in the world.

KUUMBA UMBO / Birth of Form

Réalisateur: Ekaterina Ogorodnikova - Belgium

Synopsis : The birth of form is the birth of the world. From our early childhood to our last breath, we as humans learn about the world around us and try to find our place in it. One African mask can reveal a whole spectrum of human culture, its origins and the transformation that takes place to produce the art that decorates the museums of the world.

Echo

Réalisateur: Sergio Kotsovoulos - Greece

Synopsis : Ellie struggles with verbal communication and survives, thanks to her landlady. Manu moves into the apartment directly across from her. Day by day, their routines echo each other, and a connection emerges.

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