Eyes Wide Open
France / Animation / 5'40’’ / HD / Color / 2020
During a very hot summer, Emma (15) is doomed to boredom at her grandparents’s house. She's dying for something to happen. At the edge of a pond, she hides to observe The Young Man. She develops a brief but intense obsession for this fantasized stranger.
Director: Laura Passalacqua
Script: Laura Passalacqua
Director of Photography: Laura Passalacqua
Producer: Julien David
Musician: Thibault Belouis
Editing: Laura Passalacqua, Tamerlan Bekmurzayev
Sound: Jeremy Ben Ammar
Animation: Laura Passalacqua
CV
Laura is passionate about Arts, Photography and Cinema. She moved to Paris at 17 to study Animation at Atelier de Sèvres. During 4 years of training, she is attracted to artistic direction. She also consolidated her taste for drawing with traditional mediums. After several very short films directed at school (alone or in a small team), now she wishes to continue making movies and illustrations.
Filmography
Eyes Wide Open 2020, Every Man for Himself 2019, The Taste of Loneliness 2018
Festivals Attended
Eyes Wide Open: Premiers Plans Angers Festival, The Brussels Animation Film Festival
Awards
Eyes Wide Open: Creative Revelation Award for Best Student Short Film - The Brussels Animation Film Festival