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Animation Day in Cannes
Published by Animation Day in Cannes
May 06, 2018
The joint initiative from animaze and filmfestivals.com (launched in 2015)  stops this year to leave room for Annecy and Marche du Film and their NEW INITIATIVE ANIMATION DAY: May 19,...

The Christmas Rabbit @ Animaze Daze in Cannes 2018

On Christmas eve, an old lady finds her beloved cat dead. All day long, she’ll try to find him a fitting final resting place, but will remain unsuccessful until an option she hadn’t considered comes her way.

 

  • hristophe Lopez-Huici

    Director

    Mondo Claymo

  • Christophe Lopez-Huici

    Writer

     

  • Emile Sornin

    Composer

     

  • Audrey Ginestet

    Sound editor

     

  • Fanny Santer

    Voice actor

     

  • Joris Avodo

    Voice actor

     

Director Biography - Christophe Lopez-Huici
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Christophe Lopez-Huici is a French/Swiss artist who graduated from Parsons Shcool of Design. After spending 10 years in New York where he worked as a freelance illustrator/animator he moved to London where he is currently living.

Director Statement

The Christmas Rabbit is an animated short that tells a rather simple story but pushes its boundaries almost to the absurd. A banal event (the death of a beloved pet) is going to generate a multitude of unforeseen situations, culminating on an unexpected high note. 

Technically I favoured hand made animation. The background are all watercolours, the characters are all pencil on paper and the computer was only used for editing and the colouring of characters. I believe this process gives the movie its charm, character and visual aesthetics that computer imagery often lacks.

 

Canal:

FILM
Animation