La femme canon

The Cannonball Woman

Switzerland / France / Canada, August 2017
FILM, Animation, 12 min.

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directed by
David Toutevoix, Albertine Zullo
Written by
Germano Zullo
Status
In distribution

Day after day human cannonball, Madeleine, is shot kilometres from her home and has to return on foot. Each evening she comes back home exhausted, only to find her husband reading the newspaper, waiting for her with the spaghetti ready. But one evening Madeleine doesn't come home.

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World Premiere
August 2017
Original Version
French (english/zapotec/german subtitles),  colour, DCP, 12 min.
ISAN
0000000481570000E00000000W
Production
Hélium Films, Parmi les Lucioles Films, National Film Board of Canada (NFB) Office national du film du Canada (ONF), RTS Radio Télévision Suisse
Producer
Claude Barras
directed by
David Toutevoix, Albertine Zullo
Written by
Germano Zullo
Cinemato­graphy
David Toutevoix, Aurélie Sprenger, Maxime Fossier
Editing
Valentin Rotelli
Sound Editing
Pierre Yves Drapeau
Sound Design
Pierre Yves Drapeau
Re-Recording Mix
Serge Boivin
Music
Roger Normand
Location Sound Mix
Denis Séchaud
Animation
Elie Chapuis, Peggy Arel, Carrie Mombourquette
Compositing
Michaël Devillaz, Aurélie Sprenger, Eloi Champagne, Randall Finnerty
Special Effects
Eloi Champagne, Randall Finnerty
Costumes
Vanessa Riera Frangu
Techniques
Stop Motion, Puppet animation

World Sales / World Rights

World Sales
National Film Board of Canada (NFB)

Awards

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  • Baden, Fantoche, Best Swiss (Swiss Competition) 2018 (Winner)

Festivals

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