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Circuit marine
20037 min 45 secFilm: Animation
Direction: Isabelle Favez
Production: Patrick Eveno (Folimage Studio)Jacques-Rémy GirerdMarcel Jean (National Film Board of Canada)
Script: Isabelle Favez
A co-production of Folimage and the National Film Board of Canada with the participation of Canal + Région Rhône-Alpes.
"All you need is food," the Beatles could have sung if they had been inspired by Circuit marine, a whimsical fantasy about our cruel, carnivorous world.
To be eaten or not to be eaten: that is the question for a ginger cat, a goldfish and a colourful parrot which a tender-hearted pirate tries to get to live happily together along with his hungry crew. We can only wonder who will be the next meal on this ship of food.
As the ship pitches and rolls to a sprightly gypsy tune, the cat relentlessly pursues the goldfish, and even the parrot gets into the act. But who is predator and who is prey? Everyone ends up down someone's gullet. Isabelle Favez's colourful and humorous film is a tasteful reminder that we're all links in the food chain.
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Subject categories
- Food and Food Industries > Food Issues
- Environment and Conservation > Food and Population
- Animals > Stories
- Science > BiologyEnvironmental ScienceLife Systems/Ecology
Credits
- direction
- Isabelle Favez
- script
- Isabelle Favez
- animation
- Isabelle Favez
- editing
- Hervé Guichard
- original music
- Éric Houdart
- Kriss Koyazounda
- sound effects
- Loïc Burkhardt
- producer
- Patrick Eveno
- Jacques-Rémy Girerd
- Marcel Jean
Awards
- Special Mention given by the Children's JuryInternational Film Festival
- Public Award - AnimationJournées de Soleure
- Honourable Mention for Best Animated ShortWorldwide Short Film Festival
- Bronze Plaque - Category: Children & Youth International Film and Video Festival
- Animated Dreams 2004 Award for Best StoryBlack Nights Film Festival & Animated Dreams