Jean-François

This beautiful French short won top honors back in 2010 at the Annecy awards, and with good reason. The piece was co-produced by Cube Creative and Brunk Manyoku and Tom Haugomat, and follows thestory of a champion swimmer haunted by images of childhood.

Its a little on the vague side, and its hard to make out..But in a way I believe it tells the story of somebody trying to get closure after a childhood of never quite being up to snuff in the eyes of others. In that sense I kind of found a point of resonance with the short, something to relate with. The style is really beautiful, and brought back memories of  visually striking animated features likeTekkon Kinkreet and Cat Soup. Enjoy.