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LITTLE NICHOLAS – HAPPY AS CAN BE

PULICA

LITTLE NICHOLAS – HAPPY AS CAN BE

DIRECTORS: Amandine Fredon, Benjamin Massoubre

COUNTRY: France, Luxembourg

YEAR/DURATION: 2022. • 82′

GENRE: animated film

Info

  • SCREENPLAY: Anne Goscinny, Michel Fessler, Benjamin Massoubre
  • ANIMATION: Juliette Laurent
  • EDITOR: Benjamin Massoubre
  • SCORE: Ludovic Bource
  • VOICES: Laurent Lafitte, Alain Chabat, Simon Faliu, Frédérique Tirmont, Alicia Hava
  • PRODUCERS: Adrian Politowski, Dimitri Rassam, Aton Soumache
  • PRODUCTION COMPANY: ON Kids & Family, Bidibul Productions, Align
  • DISTRIBUTION: Blitz Film&Video Distribution

Synopsis

Young Nicolas lives a childhood full of joy and learning in between camaraderie, arguments, fights, punishments, pranks and games.

Festivals and awards

Annecy International Animation Film Festival, 2022 – Cristal for Feature Film
BIAF South Korea, 2022 – Audience Prize
Animation Is Film Festival, USA, 2022 – Special Jury Prize

Trailer

About the directors

After studying art, Amandine Fredon, turned to animation, working mainly at the Folimage studio based in Valence for about fifteen years. She specialised in the production of animated series for television, including C’est bon with Jean Pierre Coffe, Ariol from the comics of Emmanuel Guibert and Marc Boutavant, Tu mourras moins bête (You’ll Die Less Stupid), the adaptation of Marion Montaigne’s books for Arte.

After studying editing, Benjamin Massoubre , worked as an assistant on many live-action films and commercials before finally being able to work in animation. He worked first as an assistant editor then as an editor on various series and projects before moving on to feature films (At the Very Top of the World and Calamity by Rémi Chayé, Little Vampire by Joann Sfar, I Lost My Body by Jérémy Clapin and The Summit of the Gods by Patrick Imbert).

Screening

    • VALLI CINEMA – MONDAY 17.7.2023.

      10:00

FREE ENTRANCE