Slipping away

L'air de rien
Direction : Gabriel Hénot LefèvreProduction : Folimage.2022
In a sanatorium by the sea, an old man finds his life transfigured by the arrival of a seagull, that he delicately tames. When the seagull gets wounded, the man takes care of her, and for a brief moment, he returns to boyhood again.
Script

Gabriel Hénot Lefèvre

Distribution

Folimage

Length

14′

Music

Original Soundtrack

Making of
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On Streaming platforms

Composition & OrchestrationOlivier MilitonExecutive Music Production

Music produced & recorded with the SACEM & Marseille International Music & Cinema Festival.

Recording

Recorded at Tom Tom Studio by the Budapest Symphony Orchestra
Direction – François Rousselot
Piano, programmation – Olivier Militon
Assistant – Thérence Guillerme

Mixing

Rodolphe Gervais

Song L'air de rien

Written by Gabriel Hénot-Lefevre & Olivier Militon

Composed by Olivier Militon

Performed by Sébastien Lemoine

Musicians
Saxophones – Yuri Villar, Samuel Da Silva
Trumpets – Jon-Paul Frappier
Trombones – Chris Ott
Clarinet – Sergey Shilenkov
Banjo – Richard Delahunty
Double Bass – Itaiguara Brandão

Festivals

/ Awards

2022
1st Prize - Best Animated Short Film (Professionnal Jury) - Oscars 2023 qualifying Award

Chicago International Children’s Film Festival - FACETS (USA)

2nd Prize - Best Animated Short Film (Youth Jury)

Chicago International Children’s Film Festival - FACETS (USA)

Honorary Mention

Peer Raben Music Award - Soundtrack Cologne (GER)

Marcin Award for Best Short Film

Festival Ale Kino, Poznan (POL)

Public Prize

Villeurbanne International Short Film Festival (FRA)

Young Jury Award

Silhouette Festival - Paris (FRA)

Best Animation Short Film

Innsbruck Nature Film Festival (AUS)

Public Prize

Festival de cinéma d’animation de Pontarlier (FRA)

Public Prize

Anglet International Short film Festival (FRA)

Best Animation Film

Anglet International Short film Festival (FRA)

Best Animated Film

Festival Ouaga Côté Court, Ouagadougou (BKF)

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/ Selections

2023

Providence Children’s Film Festival, Rhode Island (USA)
Dhaka International Film Festival, Dhaka (BAN)
Children’s Film Festival of Seattle (USA)
Festival Premiers Plans, Angers, France
MONSTRA Lisbon Animation Festival (MONSTRINHA Competition), Lisbonne, Portugal
Festival Travelling, Rennes, France
Music & Cinema – Festival International à Marseille (MCM), France
Festival national du film d’animation (AFCA), Rennes, France
Animation First Festival, French Institute / Alliance Française, New York, Etats-Unis
Rencontres Cinéma-Nature à Dompierre-sur-Besbre, France
Festival Trois Jours Trop Courts, Castres, France

2022

Festival Les Enfants terribles – Huy (BEL)
Animax Festival, Skopje (MCD)
Chicago International Children’s Film Festival (USA)
Festival “la petite école du film court”, Vézélise & Nancy (FRA)
Festival “l’Œil Vagabond”, Saint-Brieuc (FRA)
Namur International francophone Film Festival (BEL)
New cinema of Montreal Festival, Québec (CAN)
Bourg en Bresse Young animation film Festival (FRA)
Tindirindis International Animation Film Festival, Vilnius (LIT)
Animasyros International Animation Festival (GRE)
Animafilm International Animation Festival, Baku (AZE)
Innsbruck Nature Film Festival, Innsbruck (AUST)
“Les nuits magiques” Animation film Festival, Bègles (FRA)
Cinemagic International Film Festival for Young People, Belfast (IRL)
“Carrefour des Images” Festival, Forum des Images, Paris (FRA)
Pontarlier Animation film Festival CinéOpen (FRA)
Dijon International Short film Festival (FRA)
Imaginaria Festival, Conversano (ITA)
FIFF – Namur (BEL)
Off-courts Trouville International Short Film Festival (FRA)
Innsbruck Nature Film Festival (AUS)
Valence Scenario (FRA)