3 Murs & Un Toit
3 Murs & Un Toit
Ennui
Ennui
Opale
Opale

Screened as part of NZIFF 2021

Animation Now! French Digital: Next Gen 

76 minutes

For some time, Supinfocom (école SUPérieure d'INFOrmatique de COMmunication) has been the dominant digital animation school in France.

But there are some new kids on that block and, here at NZIFF’s Animation Now! Department, we have been watching them go from strength to strength in recent years. Schools such as Pole3D, Brassart, École des Nouvelles Images, ArtFX, ESMA and Georges Méliès are sending us showreels that flaunt increasingly complex and fascinating films.

This programme showcases the best work from the next generation of French digital artists and animators. And as we always do, we’re looking for that essential blend of great technique, the power of the animator’s vision and the most imaginative use of animation. — MT

Fauna 2019

France In French with English subtitles
3 minutes

In a housing commission neighbourhood a young boy is threatened by hostile people with an agenda he has no way to understand.