A Kind of Testament

A Kind of Testament

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


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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

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