CM / BIGSHOT

J’aime l’écriture de comédie, les histoires idiotes, et le format cinémascope. En grec « idiot » signife « simple, singulier, particulier ». J’ai donc décidé de réaliser un concept d’animation idiot et humoristique, avec de minuscules personnages agissant, avec impertinence, dans un seul plan séquence, le long d’un unique paysage de grand-ensemble : une simple ligne d’horizon entre un ciel bleu et un sol hivernal tout blanc ! Et dans ce décor radical et minimaliste, j’aime dénoncer les choses qui m’agacent sur terre, comme la violence bête et méchante.

I’m crazy of idiot story and cinemascope movie. In greek « idiot » means « simple ». So I decided to make an idiot short animation with very very little characters in a very very long shot sequence : BIGSHOT. My animation project is a new way to laugh on a tiny, silly independent and experimental amazing international work. So it can be showed everywhere, and specially at Film Festival, TV screening and web series.

Dans BIGSHOT (le court métrage), la violence de l’homme est une arme qui peut se retourner contre lui-même. Je m’amuse à pousser le bouchon assez loin, à l’image de cette citation de Samuel Taylor Coleridge : « Les cygnes chantent avant de mourir. Certaines personnes feraient bien de mourir avant de chanter ».

PRIX DE LA CRITIQUE ///

# Off-Courts / Trouville / France 2012 ///

GRAND PRIX DU JURY

# Ose ce court / Bischheim / France 2012 ///

SESIFF ANIMATION AWARD

# Seoul International Extreme-Short Image & Film Festival / South Korea 2012 ///

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM AWARD

# Corti a Ponte International Short Film Festival / Ponte San Nicolò / Italy 2013 ///

AWARD INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

# Chilemonos / International Animation Festival / Santiago / Chili 2013 ///

SILVER WINNER ANIMATION

# International Independent Film Awards / USA 2016 ///

SPECIAL MENTION for best animation

# Festival Internacional de Cine de Lanzarote / Islas Canarias / Spain 2014 ///

SPECIAL MENTION for the funniest film

# Balkanima European Animated Film Festival / Belgrad / Serbia 2012 ///

SPECIAL MENTION for the animation quality

# Fescurts Shorts Comedy festival / Torelló / Spain 2012 ///

PRIX SAUMON

# Les Bayonnales du Grand Paris / Montreuil / France 2012 ///

FINALIST BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM

# Festival Internacional de Cine de Pasto / Colombia 2013 ///

FINALIST BEST INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION ///

# Curtocircuito Short Film Festival de Santiago de Compostela/ Spain 2012 ///

# International Short Film Festival / Luxembourg 2012 ///

# Festival de Cannes / Short Film Corner / France 2012 ///

# Annecy Animation Film Festival / Vidéothèque MIFA / France 2012 ///

#Cinema Jove Festival Internacional de Cine de Valencia / Valencia /Spain 2012 ///

# Clair-obscur Film Festival / Basel / Suisse 2012 ///

# California International Animation Festival / Riverbank / U.S.A. 2012 ///
# Fest Anca / Zilina / Slovakia 2012 ///
# Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival / South Korea 2012 ///
# Festival Silhouette / Paris / France 2012 ///

# Screen For Shorts / Cologne /Germany 2012 ///

# Cinefiesta Puerto Rico International Short Film festival / Puerto Rico 2012 ///

# Hiroshima International Animation Festival / Japan 2012 ///

# Scratch International Animation Festival / Lecce / Italia 2012 ///

# Partie(s) de Campagne / Ouroux en Morvan / France 2012 ///

# Anima Mundi / Rio de Janeiro & Sao Paolo / Brazil 2012 ///

# Cyprus International Film Festival / Greece 2012 ///

# KROK International Animated Films Festival / Ukraine / Russia 2012 ///

# Filmmakers al Chiostro Short Film Festival / Pordenone / Italia 2012 ///

# Curtocircuito Na Rùa Film Festival / Santiago de Compostela / Spain 2012 ///

# BUSHO Budapest Short Film festival / Hongrie 2012 ///

# AYE AYE Film Festival de Nancy / France 202 ///

# Anima Mundi On The Road / Brazil 2012 ///

# World Festival of Animated Film / Varna / Bulgarie 2012 ///

# Festival Européen du Film Court / Brest / France 2012 ///

# Chacun son court / Strasbourg / France 2012 ///

# Ottawa International Animation Festival / Canada 2012 ///

# Golden Kuker International Animation Film Festival / Sofia / Bulgaria 2012 ///

# Mobile SIFF / Shanghai International Film Festival / China 2012 ///

# LUCAS International Children’s Film Festival / Frankfurt / Germany 2012 ///

# Fenêtres sur courts / Dijon / France 2012 ///

# Festival de cinéma du Grain à démoudre / Gonfreville l’Orcher / France 2012 ///

# Croq’Anime Festival du film d’animation de Paris / France 2012 ///

# Maipú Cortos festival de cine de humor / Argentina 2012 ///

# SoDak Animation Festival / Brookings / South Dakota / U.S.A. 2012 ///

# shnit International Shortfilmfestival / Berne / Suisse 2012 ///

# Anibar International Animation Festival / Peja / Kosovo 2012 ///

# Festival Internacional Cine Puebla / Mexique 2012 ///

# Anim’est International Animation Film Festival / Bucharest / Romania 2012 ///

# Bornshorts Film Festival / Bornholm / Denmark 2012 ///

# Tindirindis International Animated Film Festival / Vilnius / Lithuania 2012 ///

# FECI Festival de Cine de Ituzaingó / Mexique 2012 ///

# Reggio Film festival / Reggio Emilia / Italia 2012 ///

# Primanima World Festival of First Animations / Budapest / Hungary 2012 ///

# Festival Korona Karpat / Truskavets / Ukraine 2012 ///

# CINANIMA International Animated Film festival / Espinho / Portugal 2012 ///

# Berry Movies / La Châtre / France 2012 ///

# Leeds International Film Festival / United Kingdom 2012 ///

# Kinofest / Bucharest / Romania 2012 ///

Festival du Court Métrage de Clermont-Ferrand / France 2013 ///

Muestra Cine Internacional Palencia / Buenos Aires / Argentina 2013 ///

World Extreme Film Festival / San Sebastián of Veracruz / Mexique 2013

Indielisboa / International Independent Film Festival / Lisbon / Portugal 2013 ///

NexT International Film Festival / Bucharest / Romania 2013

PICTOPLASMA / Animation Festival / Berlin / Allemagne 2013 ///

Mulhouse Tous Courts / Mulhouse / France 2013 ///

International Short Film festival Detmold / Detmold / Germany 2013 ///

Festival BD6Né / Paris / France 2013 ///

Hamburg International Short Film Festival / Germany 2013 ///

Festival of Nations / Ebensee / Autriche 2013 ///

Concorto Film Festival / Pontenure – Piacenza / Italy 2013 ///

Festival International du Court Métrage de Lille / France 2013 ///

Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival / Bristol / United Kingdom 2013 ///

ALCINE Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares / Madrid / Spain 2013 ///

BD FIL Festival de Bande Dessinée / Lausanne / Suisse 2013 ///

Sedicicorto International Film Festival / Forli / Italy 2013 ///

CYIFF Cyprus International Film Festival / Cyprus / Greece 2013 ///

International River Film Festival / Padova / Italy 2013 ///

FICU – Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes / Montevideo / Uruguay 2013 ///

FMK Short Film Festival FilmMakers / Pordenone / Italy 2013 ///

Festival International du Film Francophone / Tübingen Stuttgart / Germany 2013 ///

FIA Festival Internacional de Animación / Montevideo / Uruguay 2013 ///

Golden Orchid International Animation Festival / Pennsylvania / U.S.A. 2013 ///

Show Me Shorts Film Festival / New Zealand 2013 ///

ANIMAX Skopje Animation Festival / Skopje / Republic of Macedonia 2013 ///

Expotoons /Buenos Aires / Argentina 2013 ///

Multivision International Festival of Animation Arts / St Petersburg / Russia 2013 ///

Angry Film Festival / Melbourne / Australia 2013 ///

Prix de Court Pathe / Lausanne – Genève / Suisse 2013 ///

La Fête du Court Métrage – Le jour le plus court / CNC / France 2013 ///

Festival de cine e Infancia y Adolescencia Ciudad de Bogotá / Colombia 2013 ///

Rafi Peer Film Festival / Lahore / Pakistan 2013 ///

# VAFI International Children and Youth Animation Festival / Varaždin / Croatia 2014 ///

# Festival du Film Court d’Aigues-Vives / Aigues-Vives / France 2014 ///

# Les Tontons Filmeurs / Saint-Avertin / France 2014 ///

# Honk Kong French Film Festival / Hong Kong 2014 ///

# Aakruti-My creation International Film Festival / Mumbai / India 2014 ///

#Show Me Shorts Film Festival / Auckland / New-Zealand 2015 ///
# La Fête du Court Métrage – Le jour le plus court / CNC / France 2015 ///

# GIFLIF Gurgaon International Film and Literature Festival / Gurgaon / India 2015 ///

# Los Angeles Independent Film Festival / Los Angeles / USA 2016 ///

BIGSHOT / Animation / Cinémascope / 4’44 »

Maurice Huvelin’s first animated comedy, an idiot cinemascope short film.
Pilot for a ridiculous series project about legends, historical characters, famous films and amazing series… To be seen with binoculars, telescope or magnifying glass ! In this first short comedy : BIG, FAT & DIDIER, three big hunters, are singing in the far Far North…

SYNOPSIS /
Swans sing before they die— ‘t were no bad thing
Should certain persons die before they sing.
(Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
Les cygnes chantent avant de mourir.
Certaines personnes feraient bien de mourir avant de chanter.

Réalisation / Direction : Maurice Huvelin
Dessin et ordinateur 2D / Drawing and computer 2D
France — 2012 – 4’44 » – Couleur / Color
Scope 2,35:1 letterboxed in 16:9 — Stéréo / Stereo

Générique/ Credits :
Production, script, graphics, story-board, background, animation, compositing, sound, voices, music, editing : Maurice Huvelin.
Special effects : August Huvelin