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Hélène Giraud

New Dneg Sydney Studio Lands ‘Mad Max’ Prequel ‘Furiosa’ VFX Work; BBC And Freevee Board ‘Boat Story’; Newen Studios’ Blue Spirit Rejigs – Global Briefs
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New Dneg Studio In Sydney Lands ‘Mad Max’ Prequel ‘Furiosa’ VFX Work

London-based Dneg is launching a studio in Sydney, Australia and has confirmed it has taken on the visual effects for George Miller’s Mad Max prequel feature Furiosa. Located in the city’s Tech Central district, it is slated to open its doors in early 2023 with a total capacity of 500. Academy Award winner Andrew Jackson is relocating from Dneg’s London office to his native Australia to run the operation as Creative Director. An Oscar winner for Christopher Nolan’sTenet, he also received an Academy Award nomination for his work on Mad Max: Fury Road. Besides acting as a full service VFX studio, Dneg Sydney will house a new studio for Dneg Animation, which was behind Kid Cudi’s animated love story Entergalactic for Netflix.

Daisy Haggard And Paterson Joseph Set Sail For BBC And Freevee’s ‘Boat...
See full article at Deadline Film + TV
  • 11/16/2022
  • by Jesse Whittock
  • Deadline Film + TV
Tiff Adds Sam Taylor-Johnson’s ‘A Million Little Pieces,’ Paul Greengrass’ ’22 July’, Joel Edgerton’s ‘Boy Erased’ To Preem List
The 2018 Toronto International Film Festival has rounded out its slate of gala premieres in what is looking like a very strong filmmaker-driven slate. Here are all the new additions.

Galas 2018

Green Book Peter Farrelly | USA World Premiere

Closing Night Film — Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy Justin Kelly | Canada/USA/United Kingdom World Premiere

The Lie Veena Sud | Canada World Premiere

Opening Night Film — Outlaw King David Mackenzie | USA/United Kingdom World Premiere

Special Presentations 2018

22 July Paul Greengrass | Norway/Iceland North American Premiere

American Woman Jake Scott | USA World Premiere

Baby ( Bao Bei Er ) Liu Jie | China World Premiere

Boy Erased Joel Edgerton | USA International Premiere

Driven Nick Hamm | Puerto Rico/United Kingdom/USA North American Premiere

Duelles (Mothers’ Instinct) Olivier Masset-Depasse | Belgium/France World Premiere

A Faithful Man ( L’homme fidèle ) Louis Garrel | France World Premiere

Gloria Bell Sebastián Lelio | USA/Chile World Premiere

Hold the Dark Jeremy Saulnier | USA World Premiere...
See full article at Deadline Film + TV
  • 8/14/2018
  • by Mike Fleming Jr
  • Deadline Film + TV
Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants review – mesmerising dialogue-free cartoon
By inserting CGI characters into a real landscape, directors Thomas Szabo and Hélène Giraud produce a classic slice of cinematic storytelling

Invoking storytelling and cinematic traditions that are more than a century old, yet deploying the most sophisticated technology to create its hyper-realist textures, this wonderful French cartoon is entirely dialogue free. In a world made by inserting CGI insect characters into a real landscape, a ladybird gets separated from its family and falls in with a friendly army of black ants. A rival army of other red ants are the baddies, and communication is conveyed through peeps, growls, squawks, farts and antennae gestures while music does the rest. Somehow, directors Thomas Szabo and Hélène Giraud imbue the characters with so much expressiveness that the story is mesmerising throughout.

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See full article at The Guardian - Film News
  • 5/26/2016
  • by Leslie Felperin
  • The Guardian - Film News
Trailer Trashin’: Bugs Go to War in the Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants International Trailer
Hello again, dear readers, and I hope a lot of you have kicked off your summer movie season by seeing Captain America: Civil War. But even with all the big blockbusters coming our way, it’s good to also pay attention to smaller films. Such is the case with this week’s Trailer Trashin’ column, where I take a look at the international trailer for the French-Belgian animated film Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants.

Premise: In a peaceful little clearing, the remains of a hastily-abandoned picnic spark warfare between two tribes of ants. A bold young ladybug finds himself caught in the middle of the battle. He befriends Mandible, one of the black ants, and helps him save the anthill from the assault of the terrible red ant warriors, led by the fearful Butor.

My take: If this looks familiar to you, there’s a good reason for that.
See full article at CinemaNerdz
  • 5/13/2016
  • by Timothy Monforton
  • CinemaNerdz
Watch: New Trailer for Animated 'Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants'
"Now the fate of this tiny world depends of the courage of a little ladybug." Aside from Pixar's A Bug's Life, we haven't seen that many animated films about bugs, but here's another one. Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants is an animated adventure about two tribes of ants - black and red - that end up in a war against each other after a box of sugar is discovered. This movie was actually first released in Europe in 2014 and is just now coming out in the UK, which is why there's a new trailer in 2016. It looks as if it's almost entirely dialogue-free, with the ants communicating through noises rather than any language. A male ladybug ends up caught in the middle of the battle, and just might help save the day. This doesn't look so bad, or does it? New UK trailer for Hélène Giraud & Thomas Szabo's...
See full article at firstshowing.net
  • 4/30/2016
  • by Alex Billington
  • firstshowing.net
Ken Ochiai
Fantasia to close with 'Attack on Titan'
Ken Ochiai
Montreal’s genre film festival to showcase 135 features and almost 300 shorts across its three-week run from July 14-Aug 4.Scroll down for line-up

Fantasia International Film Festival has unveiled its full line-up for its upcoming 19th edition which kicks off next Tuesday [July 14].

Over its three-week run, the Montreal-based genre film festival will showcase 135 features, including 22 world, 13 international premieres and 21 North American premieres, and almost 300 short films.

Shinji Higuchi’s Attack on Titan will receive its Canadian premiere as the closing film of this year’s edition on Aug 4. The live-action film is based on Hajime Isyama’s steampunk fantasy war opera manga series.

Additional highlights of the final wave of titles include the world premieres of Malik Bader’s thriller Cash Only and Ken Ochiai’s Ninja the Monster, as well as the Canadian premiere of Jonathan Milott & Cary Murnion’s horror comedy Cooties starring Elijah Wood.

A trio of Sion Sono films will also be shown at this...
See full article at ScreenDaily
  • 7/7/2015
  • by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
  • ScreenDaily
‘Attack on Titan’, Sion Sono, ‘Cop Car’ among full Fantasia ’15 lineup
The 19th Annual Fantasia Film Festival is only a week away, beginning July 14 and running through August 4. And as promised for today, they’ve revealed their full line-up of films screening at 2015’s festival in Montreal.

This year’s line-up boasts 22 World Premieres, 13 International Premieres, and 21 North American Premieres. Both Marvel’s Ant-Man and the animated Miss Hokusai were previously announced, but now they’ve added the much anticipated Attack on Titan movie as their closing night film. Other highlights include the Sundance darlings Cooties, starring Elijah Wood and Rainn Wilson, Cop Car, starring Kevin Bacon and directed by the upcoming Spider-man director Jon Watts, and a trio of films from horror auteur Sion Sono.

See the full line-up announcement of films below via Fantasia’s Facebook page, and be sure to check out their website at fantasiafestival.com for additional information.

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Fantasia 2015:

36 Countries, 135 Features, and Nearly 300 Short Films

- Including 22 World Premieres,...
See full article at SoundOnSight
  • 7/7/2015
  • by Brian Welk
  • SoundOnSight
Minuscule: Valley Of The Lost Ants DVD Review
Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants, based on/built from the TV show – Minuscule – The Private Lives of Insects, is not just an animated adventure, but a kind of artistic experiment.

It’s a story told visually, with no dialog beyond the hoots and squeaks of ladybugs and ants, which makes it a challenging experiment already, but it is also an experiment of form, structure, and thematic content. It’s an effort that ultimately betrays the European sensibilities responsible for it.

A ladybug gets separated from her family, and finds herself in a lunchbox that a group of black ants are very interested in. She (just based on the “ladybug” standard) is dragged away by the ants, who are after the sugar cubes, and when some nasty red ants get involved, the adventure begins. Our ladybug has to figure out, not just the situation she’s in at the moment,...
See full article at AreYouScreening.com
  • 6/9/2015
  • by Marc Eastman
  • AreYouScreening.com
Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants (2013)
Go On a Buzzworthy Journey with an Exclusive Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants Clip
Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants (2013)
Families can embrace going on an epic journey through the woods together, with Shockya’s exclusive clip from the upcoming animated film, ‘Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants.’ The video, titled ‘River Chase,’ was released to celebrate the adventure film’s upcoming release in North America, including in theaters, On Demand and on DVD, on May 26. ‘Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants,’ which was written and directed by Hélène Giraud and Thomas Szabo, is a unique family animated film in the fact that it features almost no dialogue. Described as a mix between ‘Wall-e’ and ‘A Bug’s Life,’ the movie features the ants communicating solely through a synchronized soundtrack. The score [ Read More ]

The post Go On a Buzzworthy Journey with an Exclusive Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants Clip appeared first on Shockya.com.
See full article at ShockYa
  • 5/11/2015
  • by Karen Benardello
  • ShockYa
Adèle Haenel and Kévin Azaïs in Love at First Fight (2014)
César Nominations: ‘Saint Laurent’, ‘Timbuktu’, Kristen Stewart In Mix – Full List
Adèle Haenel and Kévin Azaïs in Love at First Fight (2014)
Update, 2:25 Am Pt: Last year’s dueling Yves Saint Laurent biopics each picked up several nominations this morning for France’s César Awards. Bertrand Bonello’s Saint Laurent, the country’s entry for the Foreign Language Oscar, leads the pack with 10 mentions, followed by Thomas Cailley’s Directors’ Fortnight title Les Combattants with nine, and Oscar nominee Timbuktu with eight. Yves Saint Laurent, from helmer Jalil Lespert, took seven nods. Otherwise, there are a number of usual suspects in the batch including Best Actress Oscar nominee Marion Cotillard for Two Days, One Night, as well as Juliette Binoche for Olivier Assayas’ Sils Maria. In something of a departure — and a first — for the French Académie, they nominated American actress Kristen Stewart for her supporting turn in that Cannes competition entry. (Adrien Brody won the Best Actor prize in 2003 for The Pianist.) There are also six nominations for late 2014 release La Famille Bélier.
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  • 1/28/2015
  • by Nancy Tartaglione
  • Deadline
8 Animated Features in the Oscar Race You Might Have Missed
2015 will see two new Pixar animated features come to theaters and win over audiences worldwide. But while this year looks like it’s going to be a profitable one for the studio behind films that have become pillars of computer animation, 2014 was a quiet year for them. As a result, other studios like WB and “The Lego Movie” or Dreamworks and the second installment in the “How to Train Your Dragon” series had much less competition during most of the year.

Another great side effect of this Pixar-less year was the attention given to much smaller features with inventive stories and handcrafted visual artistry. Among these, traditional animation soared with the release of new films from acclaimed animators like Bill Plympton, Cartoon Saloon's Tomm Moore, and Studio Ghibli’s Isao Takahata, as well as Signe Baumane’s mind-bending feature debut. There were also 3D animated alternatives from two pairs of French filmmakers, Hélène Giraud & Thomas Szabo and Stéphane Berla & Mathias Malzieu.

From the 20 films competing to be nominated as Best Animated Feature at the 87th Academy Awards, only 6 were created using 2D animation and only one, Laika’s “The Boxtrolls,” represented the stop-motion technique. But despite being outnumbered by works done solely using digital tools, these films prove that intimate storytelling and laborious work can certainly be more rewarding than following the industry’s conventions.

Since these films and their creators often don’t have the resources that major studios do for promotion, several of them might have slipped through the cracks. However, they are worthy of as much, or even more praise as any big budget animated feature released last year. Here is a list of 8 of them that deserve a wider audience. Many of them are visual wonders that challenge our imagination in heartwarming, intelligent, and even provocative ways. Furthermore, two of them managed to become Academy Award nominees against the odds.

"Cheatin'"

Dir: Bill Plympton

Country: U.S.

Language: English

U.S Distribution: None Yet

PC: Bill Plympton Studios

Where to Watch? Plympton's latest screened at numerous festivals around the world during 2013- 2014 and it had a one-week theatrical run in Los Angeles back in August. For information on future screenings and a possible Blu-ray/DVD release visit the film's official site Here or follow the director on Facebook and on Twitter @plymptoons

"Giovanni's Island"

Dir: Mizuho Nishikubo

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese/Russian

U.S Distribution: Gkids

PC: Production I.G.

Where to Watch? After playing at several festivals the film received a one-week qualifying run in Los Angeles last November. For future information on a broader theatrical or home entertainment release visit Gkids or Production I.G.

"Henry & Me"

Dir: Barrett Esposito

Country: U.S.

Language: English

U.S Distribution: Henry & Me Productions

PC: Reveal Animation Studios

Where to Watch? Following a short NYC theatrical run in August, the film became available on DVD and digital platforms on September 30, 2014.

"Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart"

Dir: Stéphane Berla & Mathias Malzieu

Country: France/Belgium

Language: French/English

U.S Distribution: Shout! Factory

Isa: EuropaCorp

Where to Watch? The film opened theatrically in select cities on September 24, 2014. It's now available on Blu-Ray/DVD and digital platforms.

"Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants"

Dir: Hélène Giraud & Thomas Szabo

Country: France/Belgium

Language: No Dialogue

U.S Distribution: None Yet

Isa: Futurikon

Where to Watch? The film had its qualifying one-week theatrical run in December. For a future opportunities to see the film check the official site Here.

"Rocks in My Pockets"

Dir: Signe Baumane

Country: Latvia

Language: English/Latvian

U.S Distribution: Zeitgeist Films

Isa: New Europe Film Sales

Where to Watch? Although the film opened back in August, there are still a few theatrical engagements coming up. Find them Here. It will also be released on DVD/Digital Download on January 29, 2015 via the film's official site.

"Song of the Sea" - Academy Award Nominee

Dir: Tomm Moore

Country: Ireland/Luxembourg/Belgium/France/Denmark

Language: English/ Scottish Gaelic

U.S Distribution: Gkids

Isa: WestEnd Films

Where to Watch? Currently playing in Los Angeles, NYC, and Toronto and expanding to more U.S. cities in upcoming weeks. For exact dates visit Here.

"The Tale of the Princess Kaguya" - Academy Award Nominee

Dir: Isao Takahata

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

U.S Distribution: Gkids

Isa: Wild Bunch

Where to Watch? Currently playing in several theaters around the country. For exact locations and dates visit Here . The film will be released on Blu-Ray/DVD on February 17, 2015.
See full article at Sydney's Buzz
  • 1/18/2015
  • by Carlos Aguilar
  • Sydney's Buzz
The Animated Feature contenders: Minuscule - Valley of the Lost Ants
Tim here. Our journey through the list of films submitted for the Best Animated Feature Oscar now takes us to France and Belgium and the utterly beguiling children’s film Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants. Cumbersome title notwithstanding, it’s a light and breezy little lark, with a simple fairy tale-esque story so elemental in its particulars – an infant ladybug separated from her parents falls in with a colony of black ants and helps them in their war against aggressive red ants - that the movie can get away without having a single word of dialogue to be found anywhere in its running time.

Writer-directors Thomas Szabo & Hélène Giraud have adapted the movie from their television series Minuscule (which I understand to be terrifically popular in places that aren’t the United States), made up of 6-minute comic shorts in which a variety of insects get into comic scrapes.
See full article at FilmExperience
  • 12/26/2014
  • by Tim Brayton
  • FilmExperience
Mathias Malzieu
Jack, Minuscule, Happiness nominated for EFAs
Mathias Malzieu
Three titles in the running for the best animated feature at the European Film Awards.

The European Film Academy has announced the three nominations up for the European Animated Feature Film Award, set to be announced at the European Film Awards in Riga on Dec 13.

The titles include Jack and the Cuckoo Clock Heart, written and directed by Mathias Malzieu and Stéphane Berla; Minuscule - Valley of the Ants, written and directed by Thomas Szabo and Hélène Giraud; and The Art of Happiness, directed and co-written by Alessandro Rak.

The latter is Italian while the other two are France-Belgium co-productions.

The nominations were decides by a committee comprising Efa Board Members Marek Rozenbaum, producer (Israel) and Roberto Cicutto, producer (Italy), as well as Doris Cleven (Director Anima, Belgium), Wolfgang Spindler (journalist, Euronews, France) and Caroline Cor (production analyst, feature films department, Cnc, France), all three of them representatives of Cartoon, the European...
See full article at ScreenDaily
  • 9/22/2014
  • by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
  • ScreenDaily
Mathias Malzieu
EFAs reveals animation nominations
Mathias Malzieu
Three titles in the running for the best animated feature at the European Film Awards.

The European Film Academy has announced the three nominations up for the European Animated Feature Film Award, set to be announced at the European Film Awards in Riga on Dec 13.

The titles include Jack and the Cuckoo Clock Heart, written and directed by Mathias Malzieu and Stéphane Berla; Minuscule - Valley of the Ants, written and directed by Thomas Szabo and Hélène Giraud; and The Art of Happiness, directed and co-written by Alessandro Rak.

The latter is Italian while the other two are France-Belgium co-productions.

The nominations were decides by a committee comprising Efa Board Members Marek Rozenbaum, producer (Israel) and Roberto Cicutto, producer (Italy), as well as Doris Cleven (Director Anima, Belgium), Wolfgang Spindler (journalist, Euronews, France) and Caroline Cor (production analyst, feature films department, Cnc, France), all three of them representatives of Cartoon, the European...
See full article at ScreenDaily
  • 9/22/2014
  • by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
  • ScreenDaily
Mathias Malzieu
EFAs reveal animation nominations
Mathias Malzieu
Three titles in the running for the best animated feature at the European Film Awards.

The European Film Academy has announced the three nominations up for the European Animated Feature Film Award, set to be announced at the European Film Awards in Riga on Dec 13.

The titles include Jack and the Cuckoo Clock Heart, written and directed by Mathias Malzieu and Stéphane Berla; Minuscule - Valley of the Ants, written and directed by Thomas Szabo and Hélène Giraud; and The Art of Happiness, directed and co-written by Alessandro Rak.

The latter is Italian while the other two are France-Belgium co-productions.

The nominations were decides by a committee comprising Efa Board Members Marek Rozenbaum, producer (Israel) and Roberto Cicutto, producer (Italy), as well as Doris Cleven (Director Anima, Belgium), Wolfgang Spindler (journalist, Euronews, France) and Caroline Cor (production analyst, feature films department, Cnc, France), all three of them representatives of Cartoon, the European...
See full article at ScreenDaily
  • 9/22/2014
  • by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
  • ScreenDaily
Minuscule to hit 1,200 China screens
Hybrid children’s bug movie premieres in China at Shanghai International Film Festival today (June 19).

French hybrid children’s bug picture Minuscule: The Valley of the Lost Ants (Minuscule: La Vallée des Fourmis Perdues) is to be released on 1,200 screens in China, the film’s producers and sales agents Futurikon have announced.

Under a deal with Alexander Ma of Beijing-based Ifilmfilm, the picture will be released by state run distributor China Film Group in the third quarter of 2014.

Beofore that, it is due to premiere in China at the Shanghai International Film Festival today (June 19).

Thomas Szabo and Hélène Giraud’s hybrid 3D work combines real-life backdrops shot in the Mercantour National Park in southern France with animated insects.

The format – which does not involve dialogue but rather “expressive buzzing” - is already well-known with young viewers around the world through a popular TV series, which has been broadcast by the BBC, Nhk and the...
See full article at ScreenDaily
  • 6/19/2014
  • ScreenDaily
Minuscule (2006)
French hit reveals Minuscule carbon footprint
Minuscule (2006)
Hybrid children’s 3D hit was made using green shooting practices.

As well as securing critical acclaim, French bug picture Minuscule: The Valley of the Lost Ants (Minuscule: La Vallée des Fourmis Perdues) is also winning praise from local ecologists.

Figures unveiled at the Ile de France Film Commission’s Location Expo in Paris revealed the production had reduced its potential carbon footprint sevenfold by employing green shooting practices.

Thomas Szabo and Hélène Giraud’s hybrid 3D work combines real-life backdrops with animated insects.

The Minuscule format is already known to millions of young viewers around the world through a popular TV series shown on channels such as BBC Four in the UK, Nhk in Japan and the Disney Channel and ABC in the Us.

The feature version hit cinema screens in France at the end of January, drawing some 650,000 spectators in the first two weeks on release. It will head to several other international territories...
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  • 2/18/2014
  • ScreenDaily
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