“Migrants,” a deeply textured eight-minute animated short about a polar bear cub and its mother driven to look for a new home because of climate change, has been named the best short of View Fest, the short film festival sponsored by the View Conference in Turin, Italy.
The story touched the international jury with its interwoven themes of global warming and immigration told through the experience of the homeless polar bears, who find themselves the subject of scorn and ridicule when they reach a new land populated by unfriendly brown bears. The film was made by fifth-year students at France’s Pole 3D: Zoé Devise, Lucas Lermytte, Hugo Caby, Aubin Kubiak and Antoine Dupriez. “Migrants” received the top prize of $2,000 euros.
“Latitude du Printemps,” the story of an abandoned dog, a precocious boy and a professional cyclist, received the Jury Award. The film was made by Sylvain Cuvillier, Chloé Bourdic,...
The story touched the international jury with its interwoven themes of global warming and immigration told through the experience of the homeless polar bears, who find themselves the subject of scorn and ridicule when they reach a new land populated by unfriendly brown bears. The film was made by fifth-year students at France’s Pole 3D: Zoé Devise, Lucas Lermytte, Hugo Caby, Aubin Kubiak and Antoine Dupriez. “Migrants” received the top prize of $2,000 euros.
“Latitude du Printemps,” the story of an abandoned dog, a precocious boy and a professional cyclist, received the Jury Award. The film was made by Sylvain Cuvillier, Chloé Bourdic,...
- 12/24/2020
- by Terry Flores
- Variety Film + TV
Lee Cronin, John Butler, Emer Reynolds projects also receive funding.
Lenny Abrahamson’s A Man’s World, the next project from The Hole In The Ground director Lee Cronin, and a new Sinead O’Connor documentary have all received development backing from Screen Ireland in its latest round of awards announced today (Monday March 4).
Element Pictures received €50,000 in development funding for A Man’s World. The film will tell the story of boxer Emile Griffith, whose 1962 fight against Benny Paret ended in Paret’s death. Abrahamson, who was Oscar-nominated for Room in 2015, is co-writing the script with Jon Raymond.
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Lenny Abrahamson’s A Man’s World, the next project from The Hole In The Ground director Lee Cronin, and a new Sinead O’Connor documentary have all received development backing from Screen Ireland in its latest round of awards announced today (Monday March 4).
Element Pictures received €50,000 in development funding for A Man’s World. The film will tell the story of boxer Emile Griffith, whose 1962 fight against Benny Paret ended in Paret’s death. Abrahamson, who was Oscar-nominated for Room in 2015, is co-writing the script with Jon Raymond.
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- 3/4/2019
- by Esther McCarthy
- ScreenDaily
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