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Land of the Heads
20096 min 8 secFilm: Animation, Fiction
Direction: Cédric LouisClaude Barras
Production: Claude Barras (Hélium Films)David Verrall (National Film Board of Canada)Michael Fukushima
Script: Cédric LouisJulien Sulser
Co-produced by Hélium Films, the National Film Board of Canada and TSR - Télévision Suisse Romande - SRG SSR Idée Suisse, with the participation of O.F.C. - Office Fédéral de la Culture - Section Cinéma, Fondation Vaudoise pour le Cinéma and Fond RégioFilms.
A vampire is forced go out every night to separate children from their heads.
The reason? His vain wife wants to replace her wrinkled head with one that is
young and pretty. What a horror! Especially since the lady of the house is
never satisfied and the heads keep piling up on the floor. How will our
reluctant vampire ever get out of this vicious cycle?
In a new take on the horror film classics, directors Cédric Louis and Claude
Barras create a tale at once macabre and funny. It is reminiscent of the
bizarre worlds and expressionist landscapes so characteristic of Tim Burton. A
feast for the eyes and a treat for the mind!
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Subject categories
- Women > Image of Women
- Literature and Language > Legends, Myths, and Tales
- Family Studies/Home Economics > Aging/Death and Dying
- Media Education > Body ImageMedia Violence
- Health/Personal Development > Bullying & Discrimination
Credits
- director
- Cédric Louis
- Claude Barras
- screenwriter
- Cédric Louis
- Julien Sulser
- executive producer
- Claude Barras
- David Verrall
- producer
- Michael Fukushima
- associate producer
- Izabela Rieben
- director of photography
- David Toutevoix
- animator
- Françoise Grumeau
- Dale Hayward
- director's assistant
- Aurélie Sprenger
- operator assistant
- Jérôme Nyffeler
- software engineer
- Stéphane Pierroz
- machinist
- Dominique Corseaux
- set builder
- Ludovic Chemarin
- props master
- Delphine Daumas
- set assistant
- Lynn Marie Devillaz
- Antonio Veiras Yànez
- character builder
- Gregory Beaussart
- costume designer
- Vanessa Riera Frangu
- character painter
- Lynn Marie Devillaz
- Antonio Veiras Yànez
- editing
- David Monti
- visual effects
- Aurélie Sprenger
- Jérôme Nyffeler
- infographics
- Susan Gourley
- online editing
- Denis Pilon
- titles
- Nicolas Robel
- making-of
- Muriel Reichenbach
- Jannick Simoncini
- original music
- Pierre Yves Drapeau
- Normand Roger
- Denis Chartrand
- sound design
- Pierre Yves Drapeau
- Normand Roger
- sound editing assistant
- Dominique Bourgouin
- voice
- Bob Olivier
- trumpet
- Nemo Venba
- trombone
- David Grott
- clarinet
- Patrick Vetter
- saxophone
- Patrick Vetter
- violin
- Bernard Cormier
- double bass
- Éric Lagacé
- accordion
- Denis Chartrand
- musical saw
- Nicolas Letarte
- percussion
- Nicolas Letarte
- sound mix
- Serge Boivin
- Shelley Craig
- Jean Paul Vialard
- administrator
- Jean Blaise Perrin
- Gisèle Guilbault
- Rosalina Di Sario
- technical coordinator
- Julie Laperrière
- marketing
- Mia Desroches
Awards
- Professional Jury Award for Competition 3 (12 years old and up)Plein la bobine - Festival de Cinéma Jeunes Publics