Awards
- Cristal for the Best Short Film in the International Animation Festival 2016 of Annecy
- Best animated short film award in the Imaginaria Festival 2016 of Conversano
- Unifrance Award in the Off Courts Festival 2016 of Trouville
- Best Director Award in the International Animation Film Festival 2016 of Paris
- Animation Award in the Short Film Festival 2016 of l'Isle-Adam
- Jury's distinction for Pierre Caillet's work on "Child Dream", "In Deep Waters" and "The Head Vanishes" in the International Animation Film Festival of Paris 2016
- Best Animation Award in the New York City Shorts Festival 2016
- Special mention of the jury in the Sequence Short Film festival of Toulouse 2016
- Best scenario award in the Multivision festival of Saint-Petersburg 2016
- Audience award in the Tous Courts festival of Aix en Provence 2016
- Best Canadian Screenplay in the Whistler Film Festival 2016
- Jury's Grand Prize at the Magical Nights of Bègles 2016
- Second prize for a short film in the Cairo International Animation Forum 2017
- Best Short Film Award in the Miami International Film Festival 2017
- Special jury's Prize in the Meknes festival 2017
- Best Animation Award in the L'ombre d'un court Festival 2017
- Special Jury Mention at the 2017 Seattle International Film Festival
- Grand Jury Award and Best Animated Short Award in the Palm Springs Short Fest 2017
- Best Animation in Los Angeles Short Fest 2017
- Venus for the Best Animation in Badalona Filmets 2017
- Short Film Jury Special Award in Yerevan ReAnimania 2017
Scenario : Franck Dion
English adaptation : Kathleen Fee
Art Direction : Franck Dion
Edition : Franck Dion
Sets : Franck Dion
Music : Pierre Caillet
Musicians : Akosh (saxophone), Ludovic Balla (violin), Edward Perraud (drums), Pierre Caillet (musical saw)
Voices : Florence Desalme (french voices), Jeannie Walker, Kathleen Fee (english voices)
Sound Design : Pierre Yves Drapeau
Foley : Lise Wedlock
Mix : Serge Boivin
Modeling : Franck Dion, Nicolas Trotignon
Rigging : Clément Vaucelle (Wipix)
Animation : Gilles Cuvelier, Gabriel Jacquel, Nicolas Trotignon, Franck Dion, Bei Chen
Rendering and compositing : Franck Dion
Technical Director NFB : Pierre Plouffe
Technical coordonator NFB : Julie Laperrière
Administrator NFB : Diane Régimbald
Executive Producer : Franck Dion
Producers : Richard Van Den Boom, Julie Roy
Line producer NFB : Francine Langdeau
Music Studio : Sequenza
Images Post-production Studio : Digital Cut
Supported by : The CNC, The CNC - New Technologies in production, Arte France, The Procirep and the Angoa
Franck Dion
Franck Dion has made good use of his talent in multiple areas along the years. He first took lessons to become an actor in the American Center, then in the “Théâtre de l’Archet”. At the same time, he became passionate about cinema and learned by himself to sculpt, to draw and to paint. He worked with editors and magazines, designed theatre sceneries and animations for documentary films.
He has in particular directed the animation short films Phantom Inventory and with Papy3D Mister COK, Edmond was a donkey, The Head Vanishes et Per Aspera Ad Astra.
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