Tuurngait by Supinfocom Arles Students

An Inuit child wanders away from his village, fascinated by a wild bird. His father follows his trail, determined to find him before he gets lost on the ice floe...

A group of 5 Supinfocom Arles students is responsible for this sophisticated CGI short, which is more than a simple adventure.

With a welcome curiosity that shines in the face of danger, Nanuk, the Inuit child, warms both our visual sensation (the magnificent Inuit sculptures and the horrendous owl) and our understanding that adulthood has its own rites of passage and tests to be tried.

Like Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, who discovers that there's no place like home, the Inuit child returns to his father, where he reclaims his own identity through new experiences, which are comprehensively captured by his old seal toy.

Tuurngait was originally made in stereoscopic 3D ( watch this eye-popping YouTube version).  It took over one year of work, 20 computers, and more than 1 month of machine calculations to generate the approximately 17000 images of the movie. The film was screened in over 50 film festivals, garnering nine awards in the process.

See the directors involved, and watch how the film was made:

DIRECTED BY: Paul-Emile Boucher, Remy Dupont, Benjamin Flouw, Mickaël Riciotti, Alexandre Toufaili

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