The Short Film Festival at Les Abattoirs!
To mark the Festival of Short Films, the Séquence Court-Métrage festival is organising a special afternoon. The programme includes screenings for all audiences in the museum's Jean Cassou auditorium and a sound effects workshop with VMB - Voix Musiques bruitage, where you can learn about this film technique in a fun way!
Auditorium
Free entrance
Programme
- 2.30pm - PROGRAMME 1 - "Image by Image
Duration 40 min - from 7 years
24 frames per second, really? Discover pixilation, the animation technique that makes your wildest dreams come true.
From age 7 upwards!
LE DÉSHABILLAGE IMPOSSIBLE - Georges Méliès - Experimental animation - 1900 - 2'
Before going to bed, a man undresses, but new clothes appear as soon as the old ones are removed.
ELECTRIC HOTEL - Segundo de Chomón - Experimental animation - 1908 - 8'
A couple arrive at a hotel. In their room, they are surprised to see their suitcases open by themselves and their clothes hanging in a wardrobe. Then the wife has her hair done without the help of a human hand, while the husband's shoes are shined and polished in the same way!
TWO BAGATELLES - Grant Munro, Norman McLaren - Experimental animation - 1953 - 3'
Two short films by Norman McLaren in which the animation technique is used with live actors. In the first, entitled "On the Lawn", a male dancer waltzes to synthetic music. The second is a fast march, "In the Backyard", accompanied by an old-fashioned barrel organ.
VICIOUS CYCLES - Len Janson, Chuck Menville - Experimental animation - 1967 - 6'
A wild and unbridled parody of biker gangs, in which tough-looking cyclists, criss-crossing the motorways on invisible bikes leaving visible tyre tracks, pick up a hitchhiker and find themselves up against another gang.
CHÉRIE, ÔTE TES RAQUETTES - André Leduc - Experimental animation - 1975 - 3'
Pixilated animated short. The film tells the amusing story of an attempt at seduction that is definitely out of the ordinary.
THE ORIGINAL HUMAN TETRIS - NOTsoNOISY Guillaume Reymond - Experimental animation - 1975 - 3'
Discover this real game of the mythical game "Tetris", in which the pixels are replaced by a hundred or so humans moving from seat to seat in the bleachers of an auditorium. It is not one player who is in control, but each element of the game that decides how the game progresses. In fact, the groups of people who make up the shapes can be seen on a giant screen and can decide their own movements in the rows of seats.
SORRY I'M LATE - Tomas Mankovsky - Experimental animation - 2008 - 3'
A stop motion story about the whimsical adventure of a man who is late.
LUMINARIS - Juan Pablo Zaramella - Experimental animation - 2011 - 6'
In a world ruled and timed by light, an ordinary man puts in place a plan that could change the normal course of things.
FRESH GUACAMOLE - PES - Experimental animation - 2012 - 2'
Two hands transform familiar objects into a dish of fresh guacamole using stop-motion animation.
ASMAHAN LA DIVA - PES - Experimental animation - 2019 - 6'
Asmahan, Druze diva and princess, has had a short life, but what a life! Weddings, glory, espionage, lovers, alcohol, poker, suicides, murders, scandals... This oriental Marilyn left her mark on the great era of Egyptian musicals. Even today, her voice resonates throughout the Middle East, and her mysterious death in the waters of the Nile continues to fuel the wildest rumours...
- 3.30pm - PROGRAMME 2 - YOUNG PEOPLE "A PROBLEM? A SOLUTION!
Running time 41 min - Young audience from 5 years upwards
In the face of difficulties, our heroes know how to show determination.
From age 5 upwards and for all big kids!
FEAR OF FLYING - Conor Finnegan - Animation - 2012 - 9'
Dougal is a little bird who is afraid to fly. At night, his dreams are haunted by this recurring nightmare of falling and during the day, he walks to get around instead of facing his fear. As winter sets in, Dougal must make his way south, but how?
ROBOT AND THE WHALE - Jonas Forsman - Animation - 2018 - 6'
A long time ago, humans left planet Earth. One day, Lobo, a cheerful robot who loves animals and plants, comes across a whale washed up on the beach. Lobo has to overcome his fear of water to save it, but it's not easy, especially as a single drop of water can make him rust.
THE GNOME AND THE CLOUD - Filip Diviak, Zuzana Čupová - Animation - 2019 - 5'
Small island, bright sky. Mr Gnome wants to spend this splendid day sunbathing on a deckchair. A small cloud moves in just in front of the sun, leaving him no time to enjoy it. But Mr Gnome knows exactly what to do!
L'ÉCOLE DES FACTEURS - Jacques Tati - Fiction - 1946 - 15'
Speed and efficiency: the right training for any postman! The mission is simple: to reduce the time it takes to make the round trip to the airmail plane. In a small country post office, three postmen, including François, hurried by the nasal injunctions of their superior, decide to leave.
DID YOU SELL MY ROLLERBLADES? - Margaux Cazal, Jeanne Hammel, Louis Holmes, Sandy Lachkar, Agathe Leroux, Léa Rey-Mauzaize - Animation - 2020 - 6'
"Betrayal! Lou's mother has sold her rollerblades. The flea market is full of people, but he's determined to find them."
- 4.15pm - PROGRAMME 3 - Screening with UniversCiné
Running time 1h23 min - All audiences - age 13 and up
We're continuing to celebrate short films with UniversCiné: as well as giving you the chance to discover 5 films, nuggets of yesterday and today, the independent cinema platform is offering a 3-month subscription to everyone who attends the screening!
LA LUTTE EST UNE FIN (THE FIGHT IS AN END) - Arthur Thomas-Pavlowsky - Documentary - 2022 - 28' (in French)
A summer day in Marseille. The Bourse du Travail has been transformed into a boxing arena, and the boxers from the Boxe Massilia collective are about to enter the ring in front of a jubilant crowd. But what if this ancient spectacle of hand-to-hand combat was actually the setting for another, more decisive and fundamental struggle?
L'ILLUSIONNISTE (THE ILLUSIONIST) - Alain Cavalier - Documentary - 1990 - 13'
Antoinette is an illusionist. She is 86 years old and practises her profession with passion. In a tête-à-tête with the camera, Antoinette first shows us a few magic tricks and then recalls some of the highlights of her life.
/IMAGINE - Anna Apter - Experimental - 2023 - 2'
No children worked overtime for the purposes of this video because they don't exist.
FINALE - Stéphan Castang - Fiction - 2020 - 28'
On 15 July 2018, it's the World Cup final. A group of old people are watching the match in a retirement home. While France battles Croatia, Chantal, François and Jean-Pierre experience their last love lives.
BACKFLIP - Nikita Diakur - Animation - 2022 - 12'
A park. A flat. A 6-core processor. My avatar learns to do a backflip.
Workshop
INTRODUCING NOISE WITH VMB - 2.30 pm > 5.30 pm
NOISING - 10 people max.
A FUN INTRODUCTION TO SOUND EFFECTS!
An installation by the VOIX MUSIQUES BRUITAGE association.
The Festival International Séquence Court-Métrage has been screening short films in Toulouse and the surrounding region since 1991. Its aim is to showcase short films in all their forms. Whether fiction, animation, documentaries or hybrids, Séquence welcomes an average of 1,300 short films from all over the world each year, with selections to suit all tastes. The Festival celebrates its 33rd edition from 11 to 15 December 2024, takes part in the Short Film Festival in March and also offers programmes to discover throughout the year.
https://www.sequence-court.com/