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The Letter
a film by Maxime Vouillon
12MIN – 2.35:1 – stereo & 5.1
Plot
Melle and Adam spend their days on the stoop of their orphanage, waiting for their mother’s return with a letter in her hand.
About
The production of this film required 5 weeks of stop-motion shooting. All the sets, props, and characters were made in miniature for the needs of the film by a team of talented artists from Lyon. Have a look backstage with the making of featurettes below.
written & directed by
MAXIME VOUILLON
director of photography
JEAN COMBIER
stop-motion animators
MAXIME VOUILLON & LUCAS BILLARD
set designer
CLAIRE LABORDE
accessories
ELISA MASIUK
costume design
MATHILDE STEILER
2D animator
OWEN ARCHINET
editing
MAXIME VOUILLON
colorist
JEAN COMBIER
sound editing & mixing
RAPHAËL PIBAROT
translation & title
ROBIN ZEILIGER
original score
THOMAS CAPPEAU
voices
MONA BALLET, JACQUES VANEL
making-of
SIMON BOURRAT
set photographer
BRIAC DURAND
Making Of
Take a behind-the-scenes look at the making of The Letter in this series of 6 featurettes, in which the film crew looks back on a production that is miniature in name only.
Festivals
Official selections
FILMORAMAX 2023 (film premiere)
Lyon, France
MORC COMADORI ANIMATION FESTIVAL 2023
Tokyo, Japan
RENNES NATIONAL ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL 2024
Rennes, France
BLIA THREE ACTS OF GOODNESS MICROFILM FESTIVAL 2024
Tokyo, Japan
40TH GINDOU CINEMA MEETINGS 2024
Gindou, France
NEW YORK ANIMATION FILM AWARDS 2024 – finalist
New York, USA
ANIMATION BUCHAREST INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2024
Bucharest, Romania
ART AU CINE FESTIVAL 2024
Nogent-l’Artaud, France
FRAMES FILM FESTIVAL 2024
Spain
8TH CHANIARTOON FESTIVAL 2024
Chania, Greece
LIFT-OFF FILMMAKER SESSIONS 2024
Online festival
LE CHOIX DES ANGES FESTIVAL 2024
Entraigues-sur-la-Sorgue, France
DADDY DESHMUKH FILM FESTIVAL 2024
Akola, India
ISSY SUR COURT 2024
Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
CINE OPEN IV FESTIVAL 2024
Pontarlier, France
UN COURT TOURNABLE 2024
Paris, France
FÊTE DU COURT MÉTRAGE 2025
Saint-Pierre-d’Argençon, France
INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL 2024
Bordeaux, France
VIVRE AUTREMENT FESTIVAL 2024
Seine-et-Marne, France
CORUJINHA FESTIVAL 2024
Balneario Camboriu, Brazil
HSIN-YI CHILDREN’S ANIMATION FESTIVAL 2024
Taipei, Taiwan
SOCIAL CINEMA FESTIVAL 2024
Nice, France
OZARKS FILM CO-OP 2024
Springfield, USA
WEBSERIES & FILM FESTIVAL 2024
Lima, Peru
MONTIFF 2024
Montpellier, France
INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN & FAMILY FILM FESTIVAL 2024
Rabat, Morocco
TOFUZI INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED FILM FESTIVAL 2024
Batumi, Georgia
CO-NEEK’TA FESTIVAL 2024
Toluca, Mexico
ON COURT A LA BALEINE FESTIVAL 2024
Onet-le-Chateau, France
ANIMATION TANZANIA FILM FESTIVAL 2024
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
CORTINO FILM FESTIVAL 2024
Fonzaso, Italia
Awards
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Montpellier Indie Film Festival 2024
3RD PRIZE BEST ANIMATION FILM
Blia Three Acts of Goodness Film Festival 2024
BEST AUTHOR SHORT FILM
Animation Bucharest International Film Festival 2024
HONORABLE MENTION
Ozarks Film Co-Op 2024