Nicolas Piret
3 min 48 s
SYNOPSIS
The bell tower rings and the birds fly away.
In the countryside on the outskirts of a small village, a dog tied to a very long rope, watches them disappear in the horizon.
It’s time for him to go;
Prance across fields;
How far will his rope allow him to go ?
PRIZES
Grand Prize Student film. Animasyros International Animation Festival. 2022 (Greece)
Jury Prize Young Engaged Creative. Deauville Green Awards. 2023 (France)
Best International Animated Short Film. ICARO International Film Festival in Central America. 2023 (Guatemala)
Best Animated Short Film of the Month – ASIFA-Hollywood (USA) Annie Awards Qualifying
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Semi – Finalist. Best Animated Short-film. Student Academy Award (Oscars).2022 (USA)
Selected Best Animated Short Film. Magritte.2023 (Belgium)
EXHIBITION / EVENTS
- m|i|mo, Museum of the Moving Image, Portugal (2024 to 2025)
- Capsule Galerie / La parcheminerie / Jeu de paume, “Oeil d’oodaaq”, France (2024)
- The Cultural Museum of Santa Fe, “Currents New Media”, New mexico, USA (2024)
- Beursschouwburg, Art Centre, Belgium (2024)
- Tribeca Film Center, “Video art & experimental”, New York, USA (2023)
- Annecy – Compilation Animation shorts films Wallonie-Bruxelles Images, France (2022)
- Kaboom X Francophonie, Netherlands (2022)
- Centrale for contemporary Art – Brussels videonline, Belgium (2022)
- SiCinéma in collaboration with Centre Pompidou, France (2022)
FESTIVAL SELECTIONS
+ 110 official festival selections.
- PÖFF Shorts, Black Nights Tallinn Film Festival, Estonia.
- Premiers Plans Film Festival, France
- Scanorama European Film Forum, Lithuania
- Ottawa International Animation Festival, Canada.
- Animafest Zagreb, Croatia
- Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Sweden
- Tokyo Anime Award, Japan
- Animasyros International Animation Festival, Greece – Grand Prize Student film
- Deauville Green Awards, France – Best International Film Young Engaged Creative
- Anima Brussels International Animation Film Festival, Belgium
- FLICKERS’ Rhode Island International Film Festival, United States
- Florida Film Festival, United States
- Mecal Pro – Barcelona Film Festival, Spain
- 2ANNAS – Riga International Short Film FestivaI, Latvia
TECHNICAL SHEET
Directing : Nicolas Piret
Screenplay : Nicolas Piret
Film and sound editing : Nicolas Piret
Animation techniques : Drawing on paper (Graphites), Traditional 2D Animation
Production : Atelier de Production de La Cambre, ASBL
Coproduction : With the help of the Fédération Wallonie Bruxelles & Supported by the SACD
