And Then The Bear
Director: Agnès Patron
Script: Johanna Krawczyk, Agnès Patron
Director of Photography: Nadine Buss
Producer: Ron Dyens
Musician: Pierre Oberkampf
Editing: Agnès Patron
Sound: Mathias Chaumet, Quentin Romanet
Animation: Augustin Guichot, Agnès Patron, Sandra Rivaud
France / Animation / 14' / HD / Color / 2019
That very night, houses will burn. Men and women will tremble. Hordes of children will come together and howl as they dance alone on the ashes like wild bears. It only takes one shout to wake them all from their slumber!
CV
Following her studies in animation at the Ecole Superior des Arts Décoratifs, where she directed her first two painted animated shorts La Valse Du Pendu and La Veuve Caillou, Agnès Patron worked in the animate teaser of Florence Mialhe feature film La Traversée as well as the animated sequences in Nadine Buss documentary D’origine Allemande. She then co-directed Chulyen, Histoire de Corbeau with Cerise Lopez, a short.
Filmography
And Then The Bear 2019, Chulyen, Histoire de Corbeau 2014, La Veuve Caillou 2011, La Valse du Pendu 2009
Festivals Attended
And Then The Bear: Cannes Film Festival, Toronto Film Festival, Melbourne Film Festival, Guanajuato International Film Festival, Cinema Jove – Festival Internacional de Cine de Valencia, Milano Film Festival, Bucheon International Animation Festival
Awards
And Then The Bear: Best Animated Short - Chicago Film Festival, Best Short Film - Cinema Jove Festival Internacional de Valencia, Best International Film - Anibar International Animation Festival, Grand Prix – Animatou International Film Festival
Chulyen Histoire Corbeau: Best European Short Animation Film - Go Short Film Festival Nijmegen
Contact: distribution@sacrebleuprod.com