2021 | Canada | Directed by Francis Gélinas | Produced by Couleur.tv | French, English, Latin Spanish, Japenese
A dreamlike journey where fears fade and magic comes to life.
A little brother asks his older sister how she managed to stop being afraid of the dark. She leads him into a succession of dreamlike scenes where everything comes to life and the outcome leads the little brother to confront his own fears. In the land of the flabby schnook is a contemplative film where the spectator discovers the magic of the place from the point of view of the protagonists.
” The nod to the bush monsters who come back at the very end lets us know fear has been somewhat conquered, but perhaps not entirely. As a child, I hated when a film that had taken us on a magical adventure ended with: “it was all just a dream”, I wanted to believe the magic was indeed real, if only in the world of the film… ”
– Francis Gélinas, screenwriter, director
Awards and Festival
- BEST CHILDREN’S FILM | Dome Fest West
- BEST SHORT FILM | BestOfEarth 2021
- SPECIAL MENTION | Dome Under Festival
- 2ND PLACE WINNER | Real World XR Awards
- BEST VIRTUAL REALITY | Santa Monica International Film Festival
- WINNER | Cinequest Film & VR Festival
- HONORABLE MENTION | VIFF Immersed
- NOMINATED | Canadian Screen Award
- OFFICIAL SELECTION | Mostra de Venise
- OFFICIAL SELECTION| Dublin International Short Film and Music Festival
- OFFICIAL SELECTION | Lichter Film Fest
- OFFICIAL SELECTION | Festival du Nouveau Cinéma
- OFFICIAL SELECTION | VR Film Lab
- OFFICIAL SELECTION | Jena Fulldome Festival
- OFFICIAL SELECTION | Brno Film Festival
- OFFICIAL SELECTION | Macon Film Festival
- OFFICIAL SELECTION | Imersa Montréal
- OFFICIAL SELECTION | Kaohsiung Film Festival
- OFFICIAL SELECTION | Gold Movie Award
- OFFICIAL SELECTION | Lift-Off Global Network
- OFFICIAL SELECTION | Digital Media Festival
- OFFICIAL SELECTION | 360 Film Festival
- OFFICIAL SELECTION | Fivars
- OFFICIAL SELECTION | Nottingham International Film Festival
Presentation
Credits
Producer and director : Francis Gélinas
Text : Francis Monty
Compositing : Francis Gélinas, Martin Jean
Music : Denis Chartrand et Tim Rideout
Sound Design : Jean-François Bertrand Sauvé
Voices : Catherine Cyr, Saule Gélinas
Animation : Michèle Paquin, Natasha Vallée-Martin, Olivier Rousseau, Maude Paré, Anne-Marie Robert, Christina Robinson, Gabrielle Leblanc, Marc-André Paquin, Mathieu Dufresne, Éric Guérin
Francis Gélinas
Screewriter, Director
Francis has been working in animation for about fifteen years, first at Moment Factory and later as an independent artist with couleur.tv. His personal films have won several awards and have been showcased at festivals worldwide. The dome version of his film In the Land of the Flabby Schnook notably won Best Short Film at the Best of Earth Festival, Best Children’s Film at Dome Fest West, and received a Special Mention at FDDB 2021.
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6 min