Il burattino e la balena

Il burattino e la balena
Directed byRoberto Catani
Written byRoberto Catani
Music byEnrico Ascoli
Production
companies
  • MIYU Productions
  • Withstand
Distributed byMIYU Distribution
Release date
  • 2024 (2024)
Running time
8 minutes
CountriesFrance, Italy
Languageno dialogue

Il burattino e la balena (English: The Puppet and the Whale) is a 2024 French-Italian.[1] short animated film directed by Roberto Catani, produced by MIYU Productions, Withstand, and Arte.

Plot

The story of a puppet who chooses not to become a child after discovering the authoritarian drift of a society that frightens him. The film is a contemporary reinterpretation of Carlo Collodi's The Adventures of Pinocchio.

Technique

The film is composed of drawings on white paper made with the traditional animated drawing technique. Each drawing is made with oilbar, chalk, pastel, and drypoint.

Reception

Il burattino e la balena premiered[2] at the 81st Venice International Film Festival.

The 8 minutes film won[3] the Grand Prize for Short Animation at the Ottawa International Animation Festival, the SACD Award for Best French-Speaking Animation[4] at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, the Grand Prix at the Insomnia International Animation Film Festival[5], and the Giannalberto Bendazzi Award at Animaphix New Contemporary Languages Film Festival[6].

Il burattino e la balena has been featured in a number of international film festival, such as the Annecy International Animation Film Festival[7], the Raindance Film Festival[8], Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival[9], the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF)[10], the Animafest Zagreb[11], the Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara[12], the Florida Film Festival[13], and the Festival international du film d'animation de Bruxelles (Anima)[14]

References

  1. ↑ Il burattino e la balena, Miyu Productions, Withstand, Arte France Cinéma, 2024-09-06, retrieved 2025-10-13
  2. ↑ "Biennale Cinema 2024 | Il burattino e la balena". La Biennale di Venezia (in Italian). 2024-07-10. Retrieved 2025-10-13.
  3. ↑ Zahed, Ramin (2025-10-03). "How Roberto Catani Pulled the Strings of his Award-Winning Short, 'The Puppet and the Whale'". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 2025-10-13.
  4. ↑ Milligan, Mercedes (2025-02-06). "Clermont-Ferrand Awards Animated Shorts 'Eureka!,' 'Puppet and the Whale'". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 2025-10-13.
  5. ↑ "Insomnia International Open Air Animation Film Festival. Russia". www.insomniafest.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2025-10-13.
  6. ↑ Animaphix (2025-08-05). "Animaphix Awards 2025". Animaphix New Contemporary Languages Film Festival. Retrieved 2025-10-13.
  7. ↑ "Animation film category Official: Il burattino e la balena |". www.annecyfestival.com. Retrieved 2025-10-13.
  8. ↑ "33rd Raindance Film Festival". raindance.eventive.org. Retrieved 2025-10-13.
  9. ↑ "International Competition Programme 2025". Encounters. Retrieved 2025-10-13.
  10. ↑ "Shorts Animation Competition 2". shorts.poff.ee. Retrieved 2025-10-13.
  11. ↑ "animafest.hr". www.animafest.hr. Retrieved 2025-10-13.
  12. ↑ FICG, Prensa (2025-04-29). "FICG40 ANUNCIA LAS PELÍCULAS SELECCIONADAS PARA LA COMPETENCIA OFICIAL DEL PREMIO RIGO MORA". Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-10-13.
  13. ↑ "Films – Florida Film Festival". Retrieved 2025-10-13.
  14. ↑ "CinemaItaliano.info - Tutto il nuovo cinema italiano lo trovi qui". www.cinemaitaliano.info (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-10-13.
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