Original Title: Le Parapluie Spanish Title: El Paraguas English Title: The Umbrella Year and month of production: 2022 Length: 15 minutes Production country: France Genre: Animation Language: No dialogues Subtitles: No subtitles Trailer (link): https://vimeo.com/290306007 Web: https://xbofilms.com/le-parapluie/ Facebook:
The earth is eroded by an incessant rain, its matter collapses, nothing remains of the landscape except a long field and narrow pillars rising against an immense sky. On one of these islands a survivor stands motionless, clinging to his umbrella, his only weapon against the deluge. It is in the narrow confines of this tiny stage that individuals will be forced to live one on top of the other.
CLAIRE LEDRU
Claire was born in 1990. She began traditional stop-motion animation in 2012, leading animation film workshops with the Toulouse association Cumulo Nimbus. She directed her first short film with cut-outs, The Weeping Bird, in 2015. Then, she joined the team of the Menagerie, where she continues to lead workshops and direct commissioned films. Produced by Xbo Films in 2022, Le Parapluie, her second short film, is made with painted animation.
Selections
Festival Traversées 2023 (France) / Festival du Film de Fontenay-le-Comte 2023 (France) / Trois Jours Trop Courts festival 2023 (France) / Rencontres Cinéma-Nature 2023 (France) / Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2023 (Japan) / Carrefour du cinéma d'Animation 2021 (France) / FICAM à Meknès 2022 (Marocco), Festival Nouveaux Rêves 2022 (France), Festival International du Film Insolite 2022 (France), Anibar 2022 (Kosovo), Imaginaria 2022 (Italy), Animaphix 2022 (Sicilia), Supertoon 2022 (Croatia), San Giò Verona Video Festival 2022 (Italy) / Tindirindis 2022 (Lithuania) / FestCurtasBH 2022 (Brazil) / Animage 2022 (Brazil) / Festival International du Film Francophone de Tübingen-Stuttgart 2022 (Germany) / REX Animation Festival 2022 (Sweden) / Balkanima Festival 2022 (Serbia) / Etiuda&Anima 2022 (Poland) / French Film Festival 2022 (Czech Republic) / Séquence Court Métrage 2022 (France) / Festival du Film Court Villeurbanne 2022 (France) / Bogoshorts 2022 (Colombia) / CutOut Fest 2022 (Mexico)
Awards
Unifrance nomination for the best short film 2022
Audience Award Animaphix 2022 (Italy)
Jury Award Séquence Court Métrage 2022 (France)
