A stunning short film made on the very rare “pinscreen” !
In the middle of the night, while his parents are entertaining friends, a child slips on his wellington boots and sneaks off into the woods. There, a strange solitary creature leads him into the heart of the forest to meet the nocturnal inhabitants.

Directed and written by: Pierre-Luc Granjon
Produced by: Yves Bouveret (AM STRAM GRAM)

This film was made using an Alexeïeff-Parker pinscreen named The Epinette, on loan from the French Centre National de la Cinématographie.

International Distribution and Sales: PENTACLE DISTRIBUTION (Gaëtan Trigot and Baptiste Salvan)

Sound design and Sound Editing: LoïcK! / Loïc Burkhardt
Foley Artist: Xavier Drouault
Re-recording Mixer: Cédric Lionnet

Voices:
The creature: Bernard Bouillon
Eliot: Max Granjon

with Isabel Pitman, Charlotte Granjon, Matthew Tyson, William Rooke

English Translator and Dialogue Coach: Isabel Pitman

Music: Timothée Jolly
Piano: Timothée Jolly
Cello: Daniel Trutet

Compositing: Christophe Gautry
Editing: Antoine Rodet
Director of Photography: Sara Sponga
Colour Grading: Eymeric Jorat

Boom Operator: Claire Bernengo, David Benoit
Sound Engineer English Voices: Jean Rohart
Music Mixing: Adrian Bourget
Foley recorder: Camille Duranton
Sound Intern: Jade Garnier

Am Stram Gram Production Assistants: Virgile Bouveret, Marianne Chapel, Lauren Puma

Partners that provided a home to the Epinette:
Les Astronautes: Vanessa Labarthe, Jean Bouthors, Stéphane Ripé
Ciclic Animation: Eric Réginaud, Simon Leguéré, Eloise Jolly
La Cartoucherie, Bourg-lès-Valence: Béatrice Dunis, Lisa Chalvet

With the support of:

Ciclic – Région Centre – Val de Loire in association with the CNC
Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée
La Région Auvergne – Rhône – Alpes in association with the CNC
La ville de Paris, in association with the CNC
Le Département de la Drôme and Valence Romans Agglo in association with the CNC
La Sacem in association with Ciclic – Centre – Val de Loire
La Procirep and L’Angoa

Pierre-Luc Granjon was awarded an animation residency to create and develop this film using the Epinette pinscreen, hosted by the CNC on its site in Bois d’Arcy in France with the invaluable support of Jean-Baptiste Garnero @jeanbaptistegarnero and Sophie Letetour from

Service providers and technical partners
Sound Engineer studios
Real Studio
Studio Anatole

Foley recorder studios
Transperfect Media (Rodolphe Ploquin)

Sound editing studio
Folimage

Re-recording Mixer studio
Saya Post-production

Colour Grading studio
Regular Kolor

© AM STRAM GRAM, with the participation of TV Tours – Val de Loire TV and BIP TV – 2024