A Kind of Testament
France / Animation / 16' / 2D / Color / 2023
A young woman comes across animations on the Internet that have clearly been created from her private selfies. An unknown female with the same name confesses to identity theft. But death is quicker than the answer to the question: “Why?”
Director: Stephen Vuillemin
Script: Stephen Vuillemin
Director of Photography: Stephen Vuillemin
Producer: Joséphine Mancini
Music: Qoso (Charlie Janiaut)
Sound: Lucien Krampf
Animation: Stephen Vuillemin
CV
S. Vuillemin, born in 1986 in Besançon, is an animation director, comics author, and illustrator. His 2011 web-comic Lycéennes was branded "a novel use of animated gifs" by Cartoon brew and told the story of a girl getting sick after a dog licked her ear.
Filmography
A kind of testament 2023
Festivals Attended
Berlinale
Anima Belgium
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
Flickerfest
Aix-en-Provence Tous Courts Short Film Festival
Leuven International Short Film Festival
Berlin International Short Film Festival (Interfilm)
Leeds International Film Festival
Ghent Film Festival - 2023
Rhode Island International Film Festival
Festival du Film court en Plein air de Grenoble
Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg
Animafest Zagreb
International Short Film Festival Nijmegen (Go Short)
Awards
Go short award for best animation / Go Short, Nijmegen, NL / 2023
Zlatko Grgic award/ Animafest, Zagreb, HR / 2023
Best Film / Olhar de Cinema – Curitiba Int'l Film Festival,Curitiba, BR / 2023
Prix du meilleur scénario / Festival du film court en plein air, Grenoble, FR / 2023
Satoshi Kon Award for Best Animated Short Film/ Fantasia International Film Festival, Montréal, CA/ 2023
Prix spécial du jury, Prix du jury jeune/ Silhouette Festival, Paris, FR / 2023
Best International short film / Fantoche animation festival, Baden, CH / 2023
Best International Short Film / Film Fest Ghent, Gand, BE / 2023
Best animation/ Bolton Film Festival, Bolton, UK / 2023
Prix des écoles dès 16 ans + mention spéciale du jury international / ANIMATOU, Genève, CH /2023
Meliès d'Argent/ IMAGINE Fantastic Film Festival, Amsterdam, NL /2023
Grand Prix/ Belo Horizonte int film festival, Belo Horizonte, BR / 2023
Jury Special Mention / PÖFF Shorts, Tallin, EE / 2023
1st Place Award/ BitBang International Animation Festival, Buenos Aires, AR / 2023
Prix Emile-Reynaud / Prix Emile-Reynaud, Paris, FR / 2023
Prix Vital Espace Court / Festival du Cinéma International d’Abitibi-Temiscamingue, RouynNoranda, CA / 2023
Best International Narrative Short Film award / CutOut Fest International Animation and Digital Art Festival, Queretaro, MX / 2023
Audience Award / Short Waves Festival, Poznan, PL /2023