Scale
Driving along the motorway, Will loses his sense of scale. As his crippling drug addiction deepens, he struggles to unpick the sequence of events that led to his predicament, before he’s lost forever.
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Scale is adapted from Will Self ’s novella Scale, from the collection of stories Grey Area, published in 1994.
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Genre I animation (rotoscopy)
Director I Joseph Pierce
Script I Joseph Pierce & Nicolas Pleskof
With I Sam Spruell, Zahra Ahmadi, Evelyn & Lila Neghabian Pierce
Length I 13 minutes
International sales I Salaud Morisset
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Broadcaster: Arte
Funds :
CNC Development fund for innovative projects – FAIA CNC
CNC Production grant – Aide avant réalisation du CNC
CNC CVS – Special effects grant – Procirep-Angoa Producer’s Grant
Production grants from Région Nouvelle Aquitaine * Département de la Charente * Région Auvvergne-Rhône-Alpes * Région Grand Est * Eurométropole de Strasbourg
UK coproducer: Chris Hees @ Bridge Way Films
Supported by BFI
Belgian coproducers: Jérémie Mazurek & Christophe Beaujean @ Ozù Productions
Supported by FWB
Czech coproducer: Jiri Konecky @ Endorfilm
Supported by the Czech Film Centre
Project pitched at Clermont Ferrand’s Euro Connection coproduction market in 2020
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Festivals
2022
Critic’s Week – Cannes Film Festival (France) – Special screening
Annecy International Animation Film Festival (France) – Official Competition
Curtas Vila Do Conde (Portugal) – Official Competition
Guanajuato International Film (Mexico) – International competition
Cerdanya Film Festival (France) – Official Competition
HollyShorts Film Festival (USA) – Official Competition
Animist Tallinn (Estonia) – Official Competition
Casa da Animação (Portugal) – Non-competitive
Etrange Festival (France) – Official Competition
Le Festival Silhouette (France) – Official Competition
Seoul Yeongdeungpo International Extreme-short Image & Film Festival (South Korea) – Official Competition
Paysages de Cinéastes (France) – Official Competition
Batumi International Art House Film Festival (BIAFF) (Georgia) – Official Competition
Festival du film Européen du film fantastique de Strasbourg (France) – Official Competition
TIFF Tirana Film Festival (Albania) – Official Competition
Weird Animation Market and WFest (Spain) – Official Competition
Sitges Film Festival (Spain) – Official Competition
Curt’Arruda (Portugal) – Official Competition
Kaohsiung Film Festival (Taiwan) – Official Competition
Bucheon International Animation Festival (South Korea) – Official Competition
Raidance Film Festival (UK) – Official Competition
Festival du cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (France) – Official Competition
World of Film International Festival Glasgow (UK) – Official Competition
Alcine 51 (Spain) Official Competition
Hawai‘i International Film Festival (USA) – Official Competition
Cinanima International Animated Film Festival (Portugal) – Official Competition
Ravenna Nightmare Film Festival (Italy) – Official Competition
Manchester Animation Festival (UK) – Out Of Competition
Rencontres Cinessonne (France) – Non-competitive
Filmfest Düsseldorf 2022 (Germany) – Official Competition
Soho London Independent Film Festival (UK) – Official Competition
Giraf 18 (Canada) – Official Competition
Chiliwack Film Festival (Canada) – Official Competition
London International Animation Festival (UK) – Official Competition
Animateka (Slovenia) – Official Competition
Festival Tous Courts Aix-en-Provence (France) – Official Competition
Leuven International Short Film Festival (Belgium) – European Competition
Festival Séquence Court-Métrage (France) – Official Competition
Les Arcs Film Festival (France) – Official Competition
Usak Short Film Festival (Turkey) – Official Competition
Paris Courts Devant ! (France) – Official Competition
British Independent Film Awards (UK) – Best short film
London Short Film Festival (UK) – Official Competition
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (France) – Lab competition
Animation First (USA) – Official Competition
Anima, The Brussels International Animation Film Festival (Belgium) – Official Competition
International Film Festival ZOOM – ZBLIŻENIA (Poland) – Official Competition
REGARD, Saguenay International Film Festival (Canada) – Official Competition
Movies That Matter (Netherlands) – Official Competition
Le Fest. national du film d’animation (France) – Official Competition
32nd Florida Film Festival (USA) – International Competition
Cortisonici Festival (Italy) – Official Competition
Anifilm Internation Festival of Animated Films (Czech Republic) – International Competition
Daroca Prison Film Fest (Spain) – Official Competition
Festival du Film Court en Armagnac (France) – Official Competition
International Short Film Festival of Cyprus (Cyprus) – Official Competition
Fredrikstad Animation Festival (Norway) – Official Competition
Uppsala Short Film Festival (Sweden) – Compétition officielle
Paragon Film Festival (USA) – Official Competition
The American French Film Festival (USA) – Official Competition
San Francisco Independent Short Film Festival (USA) – Official Competition
Kurzfilm, Mon Amour (Germany) – Screening
Mutoscope (France) – Official Competition
FESTIVAL CURTA CINEMA 2022 (Brazil) – Official Competition
Northern Wave International Film Festival (Iceland) – Official Competition
TweetFest Film Festival (UK) – Official Competition
The South London Film Festival (UK) – Official Competition
Torino Short Film Market (Italy) – Official Competition
London Short Film Festival (UK) – Official Competition
World London Film Festival (UK) – Official Competition
Eastern Nigeria Film Festival (Nigeria) – Official Competition
Academy of Death Racers Festival (USA) – Official Competition
British Shorts Film Festival (Germany) – Official Competition
Berlin McMinnville Short Film Festival (USA) – Official Competition
Pragueshorts Film Festival (Czech Republic) – Official Competition
21th Vannes European Cinema Meeting (France) – Official Competition
Masterclass at Star de Strasbourg (France) – Official Competition
London Critics’ Circle Film Awards (UK) – Official Competition
Bordeaux European Short Film Festival (France) – Official Competition
Fontenay-le-Comte Film Festival (France) – Official Competition
Animation Dingle 2023 (Ireland) – Official Competition
Festival Format Court (France) – Official Competition
Festival d’un Jour (France) – Official Competition
Tiro Association for Arts (Lebanon) – Official Competition
Monstra – Lisbon Animation Festival (Portugal) – Official Competition
Kinograph (Belgium) – Official Competition
Skyline Benidorm Film Festival (Spain) – Official Competition
World Festival of Animated Film – Animafest Zagreb (Croatia) – Official Competition
Les Etranges Nuits du cinéma (Switzerland) – Official Competition
Fastnet Film Festival (Ireland) – Official Competition
Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia (Japan) – Official Competition
Il Varco International Short Film Festival (Italy) – Frontiera Internazionale/Nazionale
Chilemonos International Animation Festival (Chile) – Official Competition
Vienna Shorts (Austria) – Animation Avantgarde
Vaughan International Film Festival (Canada) – Official Competition
Cinema Jove (Spain) – Official Competition
Iamexinaria – Afundación International Animation Film Festival (Spain) – Official Competition
BFI Animation Showcase (UK) – Screening
Something Like a Film Festival (Nepal) – Official Competition
ALPINALE Short Film Festival (Austria) – Official Competition
Mecal Pro, the Barcelona International Short and Animation Festival (Spain) – Official Competition
Fenêtres sur Courts (France) – Official Competition
Odense International Film Festival (Denmark) – Animation Competition
Syncro Film Fest (Argentina) – Official Competition
Friss Hús Budapest International Short Film (Hungary) – Screening
Festival Wifi Film Festival (USA) – Official Competition
Busho Budapest Short Film Festival (Hungary) – Official Competition
Figari Film Fest (Italy) – Official Competition
Aegean Film Festival (Greece) – Official Competition
LA Shorts International Film Festival, DIGITAL EDITION (USA) – Official Competition
Awards
Best Animation, Curtas Vila Do Conde IFF (Portugal)
Best Animation, HollyShorts Film Festival (USA)
Special Jury Prize, Le Festival Silouhette (France)
Best Animation, Paragon Film Festival (USA)
Jury Prize, Bucheon International Animation Festival (South Korea)
Audience Award, Ravenna Nightmare Film Festival (Italy)
Special mention, Northern Wave International Film Festival (Iceland)
Best animation, Eastern Nigeria Film Festival (Nigeria)
Jury Prize, Mutoscope (France)
Winged Seahorse Award for Best Director, Usak Short Film Festival (Turquie)
Best Animated Film, Academy of Death Racers Festival (USA)
Audience Award, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (France)
Critics Award for Best Short Film, Anima – Brussels International Animation Film Festival (Belgium)
Best Animation, Tiro Association for Arts (Lebanon)
Best Animation, International Film Festival ZOOM – ZBLIŻENIA (Poland)
Student Animation Prize, Bordeaux European Short Film Festival (France)
Jury Special Mention, Fontenay-le-Comte Film Festival (France)
European Section Award, Skyline Benidorm Film Festival (Espagne)
Grand Prix, Festival Format Court (France)
Best Sound Design Award, Wifi Film Festival (USA)
Golden Zagreb Award for Creativity and Innovative Artistic Achievement, Animafest (Croatia)