10 animated shorts preselected for the Césars 2014

Several notable films have been selected for the preselection for Best Animated Film at the 39th César Awards.

The 2012 Annecy-awarded Tram (Michaela Pavlatova, Sacrebleu Prod.) is among the nominees. Sacrebleu Productions has another nominee in the preselection list with Atsushi Wada's symbolic (and festival-awarded) The Great Rabbit.

The director of Skhizein, Jérémy Clapin, is competing with his new film, Palmipedarium (Papy3D Productions).

The Oscar-nominated Folimage studio competes with The Banquet of the Concubine, the Chinese drama by Hefang Wei.

Les Films du Nord also has two nominees: Braise (dir. Hugo Frassetto) and Betty's Blues (dir. Rémi Vandenitte).

The whole list:

• LE BANQUET DE LA CONCUBINE Director: Hefang WEI
  Production : Folimage Studio / 13 min
• BETTY'S BLUES Director : Rémi VANDENITTE
  Production: Les Films du Nord / 12 min
• BRAISE , Director : Hugo FRASSETTO
  Production : Les Films du Nord / 7 min
• LA GROSSE BÊTE, Director : Pierre-­‐Luc GRANJON
  Production : Les Décadrés Production / 6 min
• LETTRES DE FEMMES Director : Augusto ZANOVELLO
  Production : Pictor Media Animation /11 min
• MADEMOISELLE KIKI ET LES MONTPARNOS, Director : Amélie HARRAULT
  Production : Les 3 Ours / 14min
• PALMIPEDARIUM Director: Jérémy CLAPIN
  Production: Papy3D Productions / 10 min 1/2
• PEAU DE CHIEN, Director : Nicolas JACQUET
  Production : Joseph Productions/ 13 min
• THE GREAT RABBIT, Director: Atsushi WADA
  Production: Sacrebleu Productions,Carte Blanche / 7 min
  TRAM Director: Michaela PAVLATOVA
  Production : Sacrebleu Productions / 7 min

Members of the French Academy will have the chance to see the 10 films at a special screening at the Paris cinema  "Les 3 Luxembourg"  (Saturday, 14 December 2013, 11:00). Films will also be distributed on a special DVD for the Academy members.

The first vote will determine the films to be nominated for the César for the Best Animated Film among the 10 short films and the French/European animated feature films. Unlike the Oscars, the French Academy does not have a separate category for short animation.

Nominations will be revealed at a press conference scheduled for Friday, January 31, 2014.

The 39th César awards will be handed on the 28th February 2014.