My Life in Versailles

My Life in Versailles (French: La Vie de château) is an animated short film directed by Clémence Madeleine-Perdrillat and Nathaniel H'Limi and released in 2019, it won the jury prize[1] at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival the same year. This film is starting point of a serie of five 26-minute-long episodes[2] and a children illustrated book.[3]

My Life in Versailles
Directed byClémence Madeleine-Perdrillat
Nathaniel H'Limi
Written byClémence Madeleine-Perdrillat
StarringCharlotte Rampling
Jemma Wilcox
Saul Jephcott
Music byAlbin de la Simone
Production
companies
Films Grand Huit
Miyu Productions
Distributed byDandelooo
Release date
  • June 10, 2019 (2019-06-10) (Annecy)
Running time
29 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguagesFrench, English

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 Régis, 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 Geneviève
  • 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[1]
  • France - Prix de la compétition Jeune Public & Prix Unifrance Jeune Public du Festival international du film en plein air de Grenoble[4]
  • France - Prix des enfants Courts des Petits - Premiers Plans d’Angers[5]  
  • France - Best Animated Short Film for Kids - Imaginaria[6]
  • France - Coup de cœur pour une oeuvre audiovisuelle Association Les femmes s’Animent - Festival national du film d’animation[7]  
  • France - Réanimania  Film Festival : Mention spéciale du Jury Festival Anima • Best Tv & educational Film[7]
  • France - Les enfants terribles de Huy : Coup de Cœur du public - Coup de cœur du jury jeune - coup de cœur de 6NEMA[7]
  • France - Prix du Meilleur Film d’Animation One Country One Film
  • USA - New-York International Children Festival : New York International Children’s Audience Award • NYICFF “Grown-Ups” Best Short Film Award • NYICFF Grand Prize Short Film Award[8]
  • USA - Chicago International Children’s Film Festival : Best TV Award Professional and Children Jury[9]
  • USA - Best Animation Short - Dell-IKFF[7]  
  • Germany - Tricks for Kids Award - Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film[10]
  • Portugal - IndieJunior Audience Award[11]
  • Italy - Best animated Short Film for Kids Imaginaria[12]

References
  1. "Prix du Jury pour un spécial TV". Annecy Festival.
  2. sparkk. "Le court-métrage La vie de château aura droit à sa série animée | 9emeArt.fr". www.9emeart.fr. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
  3. "Vie de château (La)". www.ecoledesloisirs.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020-12-14.
  4. "My Life in Versailles". Dandelooo (in French). Retrieved 2020-12-14.
  5. "Les courts des petits - Festival Premiers Plans 2020". www.premiersplans.org. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
  6. "Imaginaria Awards 2019". Imaginaria (in Italian). 2019-08-25. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
  7. "My life in Versailles". Films Grand Huit. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
  8. Milligan, Mercedes (2020-03-15). "NYICFF: Triple Win for 'My Life in Versailles', 'Grab My Hand' Takes Animation Prize". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
  9. "Ainslie Henderson's 'Archie' wins Best of Fest at the 2019 Chicago Children's International Film Festival". | Reel Chicago - At the intersection of Chicago Advertising, Entertainment, Media and Production. 2019-11-11. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
  10. "My Life in Versailles (2019)". en.unifrance.org. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
  11. "My Life in Versailles – IndieLisboa". indielisboa.com. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
  12. "Imaginaria Awards 2019". Imaginaria (in Italian). 2019-08-25. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
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