Normal
France / Animation / 11’ / HD / Color / 2020
Dany is a rich heir who cheats his existential emptiness through hectic consumption of Magic'Powder – a drug with psychedelic and annihilating effects. While experiencing withdrawal symptoms, he meets Karl Marx who asks him to destroy capitalism in order to save the humankind.
Director: Julie Caty
Script: Julie Caty
Producer: Ron Dyens
Musician: Portron Portron Lopez
Animation: Julie Caty
Cast: Valentin Portron, Marc Fraize’s voice
CV
Julie Caty is a French designer, illustrator and animation director. In collaboration with local structures (cultural associations, radios, recycling centers, and Regional Natural Park among others), she invents plastic projects and actions to educate people about graphic arts, printed images, books and environmental issues.
Filmography
Normal 2020
Eden 2017
Festivals Attended
2020 – Festival Off-Courts de Trouville (France)
2020 – Festival Européen du Court-métrage de Brest (France) – Hors compétition 2020 – BIAF Bucheon International Animation Festival (South Korea)
2020 – ZINEBI (Spain)
2020 – CINEMED Montpellier (France)
2020 – Anim’Est – international short competition (Romania)
2020 – Guanajuato International Film Festival (Mexico)
2020 – Shorts that are not pants (Canada)
2020 – Short Com International Comedy Film Festival (United Kingdom) 2020 – ALCINE – selection Language in short (Spain)
2020 – ReAnimania Int. Animation Film & Comics Art Festival of Yerevan (Armenia)
2021 – Flickerfest (Australia)
2021 – IndieJunior Allianz (Australia)
2021 – Plein(s) Ecran(s) (Canada)
2021 – Festival du court métrage de Clermont-Ferrand – selection Labo (France)
2021 – Festival international du film d’Aubagne (France)
2021 – Animafest Zagreb – WORLD PANORAMA program (Croatia)
2021 – Barcelona International Short and Animation Festival – Animation Competition (Spain)
2021 – Le Courtivore – festival de courts-métrages de Rouen et Mont-Saint-Aignan (France)
2021 – festival international du court métrage d’animation de Roanne – compétition nationale du festival
2021– Animac – CURTS 3 section (SHORTS 3) (Spain)
2021– SXSW Film Festival – Animated Shorts Competition (USA)
2021 – Tampere International Film Festival – Tampere Film Festival Intern (Finland)
2021 – Compétition officielle - REGARD - Festival international du court métrage au Saguenay (Canada)
Awards
2021 – Award of Best Animation at Flickerfest (Australia)
2021 – The Audience Award for the Best Short Film of the Animation Competition at Barcelona International Short and Animation Film Festival (Spain)
2021 – Award of Best Animation at Tampere (Finland)