Pina
Belgium, France / Animation / 23’ / Color / 2022
At the end of the 19th century, in a Sicilian countryside village, the young Pina holds the power to regenerate the land. With each harvest, the village is prey to shameless mafia looting. Pina's encounter with the mafia chief will plunge the hamlet into an era of starvation, endangering the destiny of the whole country.
Director: Giuseppe Accardo - Jérémy Depuydt
Script: Giuseppe Accardo - Jérémy Depuydt
Animation: Pauline Defachelles, Vincent Detourbe
Producer: Lucas Tothe
Music: David Gana, Laurent Cabrillat
Editing: Jérémy Depuydt
Sound: Laurent Martin
Cast: Chiara Calandrino, Cesare Biondolillo, Maria Stellino, Marcello Rimi, Giacomo Risico, Giuseppe Randazzo
Biography
After studying illustration and animation (at St luc institute in Tournai then at l'ESAAT in Roubaix), Jérémy Depuydt directs his own first short film in 2004, "Il pleut bergère" (Les Films du Nord, Arnaud Demuynck). From then, he's working as a 2D/3D animator on TV projects such as "Tomtom & Nana" ( 2 minutes for France 3), "Shuriken School" (Xilam for France 3), "Ovni" season 1 & 2 (Blue spirit for Canal+), "Samsam" (Blue spirit for France 5) or "Boyster" (Je suis Bien content for Disney XD). At the same time he develops his direction's skills by making animated institutional and commercial videos as a freelance as well as illustrations. He then teaches animation at Esa-St-Luc (Brussels). With this background, he decides to go back to direction by making the multy-awarded animation short "Pina" in collaboration with Giuseppe Accardo (Punchline Cinema, Next Days Films). The film has also been nominated to the 51th Annie Awards. Jérémy is now working on his next animation short called " The Nature of Things".
Attented Festivals
Brussels Short Film Festival
Belgium, 2024 Programme spécial
Filmets Spain, 2023 Sélection officielle
Anima Belgium, 2023 Compétition nationale
Zinebi Spain, 2022 International Competition
Cinanima Portugal, 2023 International Competition
Brussels Short Film Festival Belgium, 2023 Compétition nationale
Flickerfest Australia, 2023 Compétition internationale
BIAF South Korea, 2022 International Competition
Awards
Brussels Short Film Festival Belgium, 2023 National Grand Prize
Flickerfest Australia, 2023 Prix de la meilleure animation compétition internationale
Anima Belgium, 2023 Prix RTBF - La Trois Grand prix de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles