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My Life in Versailles
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Wikipedia article
'My Life in Versailles' is an animated short film directed by Clmence Madeleine-Perdrillat and Nathaniel H'Limi and released in 2019, it won the jury prize at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival the same year. This film is starting point of a serie of five 26-minute-long episodes and a children illustrated book.
Plot
As a shy little girl, eight-year-old Violette loses her parents in a bomb attack in Paris. From now on, she will live with her uncle Rgis, a maintenance agent at the Palace of Versailles. Violette hates him: she thinks he stinks. So she decides she won't say a word to him. The stubborn little girl and the big bear will tame each other and together get through their grief.
Voice cast
*Jemma Wilcox as Violette
* Saul Jephcott as Regis
* Charlotte Rampling as Genevive
*Margeaux Lampley as Olga, parents, kids
* David Coburn as Mr Angel, funeral Director, guide
* Owen de la Hoyde as Malcolm
* Barbara Weber-Scaff as the teacher, parents, kids
Wins
The main awards received by the film include:
*France - Jury prize for a TV special at the 2019 edition of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival
*France - Prix de la comptition Jeune Public & Prix Unifrance Jeune Public du Festival international du film en plein air de Grenoble
* France - Prix des enfants Courts des Petits - [https://www.premiersplans.org/ Premiers Plans] dAngers
* France - Best Animated Short Film for Kids - [https://imaginariafilmfestival.org/en/homeng/ Imaginaria]
* France - Coup de cur pour une oeuvre audiovisuelle Association [http://lesfemmessaniment.fr/ Les femmes sAniment] - Festival national du film danimation
* France - [https://reanimania.com/ Ranimania] Film Festival : Mention spciale du Jury Festival Anima Best Tv & educational Film
* France - Les enfants terribles de Huy : Coup de Cur du public - Coup de cur du jury jeune - coup de cur de 6NEMA
* France - Prix du Meilleur Film dAnimation One Country One Film
* USA - New-York International Children Festival : New York International Childrens Audience Award NYICFF Grown-Ups Best Short Film Award NYICFF Grand Prize Short Film Award
* USA - Chicago International Childrens Film Festival : Best TV Award Professional and Children Jury
* USA - Best Animation Short - Dell-IKFF
* Germany - Tricks for Kids Award - Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film
* Portugal - IndieJunior Audience Award
* Italy - Best animated Short Film for Kids Imaginaria
References
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