• Tadpole

    Directed by Jean-Claude Rozec
    France | 14 minutes |

I was small, but I remember it very well. Mom and Dad suspected nothing, but I knew straight away. The thing in the cot was not my brother. It was you! You had that strange face and you stank... Right, Tadpole?

Presented with the kind permission of ARTE: https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/RC-019277/courts-a-domicile/

In competition for Best Animated Short

film synopsis

film details

Director: Jean-Claude Rozec
Producers: Colette Quesson
Screenwriter: Jean-Claude Rozec
Editor: Jean-Claude Rozec
Music: Arnaud Bordelet
Original Language Title: Têtard
Country: France
Language: In French with English subtitles.
Year: 2019
Running Time: 14 minutes
Awards: FIPRESCI Prize, Annecy International Animation Film Festival; Youth Film Award, Paris International Animation Film Festival; Programmer’s Choice Award, Chicago International Children’s Film Festival; Grand Prix, National Animation Film Festival Rennes
Primary Company: A Perte De Vue
Contact Email: colettequesson@apertedevuefilm.fr
Website: https://tetard-rozec.tumblr.com/

director biography

During his studies of Modern Litterature at Rennes’s University, Jean-Claude Rozec discovered animation techniques through workshops and internships. He began by producing his own short fims, and then worked as story-boarder, animator as well as 2D and 3D decorator on TV series. Filmography: The House of Dust (2013, Vivement lundi !), Specky Four-Eyes (2010, Vivement lundi !), Monstre Sacré (2009, JPL Films), The Perfect Weapon (2005, autoproduced), Chevaliers: the Rythm of the Knights (2003, student film codirected with Julien Leconte)

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