School in Focus: La Poudrière École du Film d’Animation

60 minutes
School in Focus: La Poudrière École du Film d’Animation

A focus program with films produced at the French animation school La Poudrière.

This program screened as part of HAFF 2004

Showing in this program

Born with a Caulstudents

Born with a Caul

  • Barbara Malleville
  • France, 2003

Cartoon about problems with hair.

Happiness in Passingstudents

Happiness in Passing

  • Christel Guibert
  • France, 2003

Animated short film about a coffee-scented farewell on a train.

Jacadistudents

Jacadi

  • Chaitane Conversat
  • France, 2001

A film that combines sand animation and painting.

Kitchen Seasonstudents

Kitchen Season

  • Grégory Duroy
  • France, 2003
  • 3 min.

Ignored by her husband, a woman attempts to break the morning routine.

L’Autrestudents

L’Autre

  • Geoffrey Payen
  • France, 2001

[no synopsis]

Ladies’ Taylorstudents

Ladies’ Taylor

  • Mikaël Alex
  • France, 2002
  • 6 min.

When a man finds a breast in a can of food.

Les Animalsstudents

Les Animals

  • Éric Montchaud
  • France, 2001
  • 3 min.

There's an alien being inside the hero. Most of the time, the hero manages to cope with it, but generally, he'd like to get rid of the alien.

Midnight Pastoralestudents

Midnight Pastorale

  • Gian-Maria Leroy
  • France, 2000

A person tries in vain to fall asleep and uses all means to do so.

Nose Divestudents

Nose Dive

  • Guillaume Delaunay
  • France, 2005

A newt swims in this peaceful pool, searching for something interesting.

Picorestudents

Picore

  • François Bertin
  • France, 2002
  • 3 min.

Coming home, a man is astonished to discover his house full of strange birds.

Pursuedstudents

Pursued

  • Sophie Roze
  • France, 2004

[no synopsis]

Rain Dogsstudents

Rain Dogs

  • Stéphane Ricard
  • France, 2002
  • 4 min.

A couple with a dog settles down in a city. At night, the city is invaded by giant dogs.

Tabula Rasastudents

Tabula Rasa

  • William Kentridge
  • France, 2004
  • 3 min.

Result of a one-week workshop with second-year students, directed by South-African artist and filmmaker William Kentridge.

Tchaéstudents

Tchaé

  • Li-chin Lin
  • France, 2003

[no synopsis]

The Cabbagestudents

The Cabbage

  • Anne Larricq
  • France, 2002
  • 3 min.

On a simple summer day, a man and his daughter go for a picnic.

The Grand Daystudents

The Grand Day

  • Raphaël Chabassol
  • France, 2003
  • 3 min.

An unusual couple is trying to get married.

The Hollow of Her Neckstudents

The Hollow of Her Neck

  • Chloé Miller
  • France, 2003

An old lady lets herself be lulled by tender memories of her deceased husband.

The Red Horsestudents

The Red Horse

  • Rémi Chayé
  • France, 2004

[no synopsis]

The Treasure of the Salted Tadpolestudents

The Treasure of the Salted Tadpole

  • Amandine Fredon
  • France, 2002
  • 3 min.

A stupid and clumsy pirate attempts to catch a treasure.

To Grandma’s Igloostudents

To Grandma’s Igloo

  • Sandra Ramos
  • France, 2003
  • 2 min.

The beginning of a story about a little girl in red.

Travel Diarystudents

Travel Diary

  • Sophie Dupont
  • France, 2003

Several animated  sketches from a notebook made during a trip.

Unpluggedstudents

Unplugged

  • Camillelvis Thery
  • France, 2004

[no synopsis]

Vérastudents

Véra

  • Gilles Ribstein
  • France, 2001
  • 6 min.

A love story unfolds in a frightened city, haunted by the shadow of a serial killer.

William, Edgar, Miguel & Petit Bobstudents

William, Edgar, Miguel & Petit Bob

  • Olga Pärn
  • France, 2004

A one-minute study exercise from cartoon animation.