17th WINTER SHORTS FEST

Featuring a curated selection of the short films nominated for a 2024 César Award in the Live-Action, Animation & Documentary categories.

Always with English Subtitles!

PROGRAM
Runtime: 1h50min
(no intermission)
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HOW I GOT MY WRINKLES
(L'EFFET DE MES RIDES)
Claude Delafosse
2022 - Am Stram Gram - 13 minutes
DOCUMENTARY (Animation)
Claude, an artist with a passion for animated cinema, decides it’s time to make “his” film and enlists his 7-year-old grandson Gaston in his adventure.

EXPECTING
(L'ATTENTE)
Alice Douard
2022 - Les Films de June - 30 minutes
LIVE-ACTION
In a maternity ward, Céline (Clothilde Hesme) awaits the arrival of her first child. Jeanne (Laetitia Dosch), her partner, will bring their baby into the world. At night, in the halls of the hospital, she meets men who, like her, have nothing to do but wait.

SUMMER 96
(ÉTÉ 96)
Mathilde Bédouet
2023 - L'Heure d'été, Tita B Productions - 12 minutes
ANIMATION
Paul and his family are spending a happy, sunny vacation afternoon on a remote beach. When it's time to go home, they find themselves trapped by the tide.

THE SILENT ONES
(LES SILENCIEUX)
Basile Vuillemin
2022 - Blue Hour Film- 20 minutes
LIVE-ACTION
Jorick is one of five crew members on a small fishing boat. After four days of unsuccessful fishing, he finds himself faced with a dilemma: return with the holds empty or risk poaching in a prohibited zone.

FUNNY BIRDS
(DRÔLES D'OISEAUX)
Charlie Belin
2021 - Doncvoilà Productions, Camera Lucida Productions - 35 minutes
ANIMATION
Ellie is a shy 10-year-old, fascinated by birds, who spends her free time reading books on ornithology and observing nature. Ellie befriends Anna, the school’s librarian, a carefree woman who lives on Bird Island.