Baking with Boris

Every morning, Boris the village baker makes a fresh batch of crusty bread and pastries for all his neighbours until… Achoo! He can’t stop sneezing. He has become allergic to flour. How will he manage to keep baking for everyone in the village?

Film produced thanks to our Artist-in-Residence programme (folimage.fr/residence).

Direction Script

Maša Avramović

Graphism

Maša Avramović

Category

short films

Length

8 min 15 sec

Public

from 4 years old, family, young audience

Production

Folimage, Nadasdy Film, Adriatic Animation, Gebeka Films. Partenaires : Canal + Kids, CNC, Région Auvergne Rhône-Alpes, Creative Europe MEDIA, Procirep-Angoa, Editions Nathan, Citia - Festival international du film d'animation d'Annecy, Sauve qui peut le court métrage - Festival international du court métrage de Clermont-Ferrand, Mèche Courte, Institut Français, Croatian audiovisual centre.

Distribution

In French theaters Special screenings International sales

Awards / Festivals

8 PRIX / AWARDS :

- Coup de cœur Benshi pour un court métrage, Festival national du film d’animation (AFCA), Rennes, France 2024
- Jury Award (4+), Psaroloco International Children's & Young People’s Film Festival, Athènes, Grèce 2024
- Prix du Public, IndieLisboa (IndieJunior) International Film Festival, Lisbonne, Portugal 2024
- Mention spéciale, Festival Curtas, Vila do Conde, Portugal 2024
- Best Film for Children, Animator Fest- European Youth Festival of Animated Film, Jagodina, Serbie 2024
- Mention Spéciale du jury, Animafilm, international animation festival of Baku, Azerbaijan 2024
- Prix du jury pour un film jeune public, Festival Animanima, Čačak, Serbie 2024
- Mention Spéciale du jury, Cinema Miudo, Children’s film festival of Ames, Espagne 2024

105 Sélections officielles / Official selections :

- Festival International du Court Métrage de Clermont-Ferrand, France 2024
- New York International Children’s Film Festival, New York, Etats-Unis 2024
- Festival National du Film d’Animation (AFCA), Rennes, France 2024
- Psaroloco International Children's & Young People’s Film Festival, Athènes, Grèce 2024
- Carrousel International du Film de Rimouski, Canada 2024
- Play, Lisbon International Children Film Festival, Lisbonne, Portugal 2024
- Festival Trois Jours Trop Courts, Castres, France 2024
- International Children's & Youth Film Carnival, Hong Kong, Chine 2024 (HC)
- Cinemagic "On the Pulse" Short Film Festival, Belfast, Irlande du Nord 2024
- Matsumoto Children Films Festival, Nagano, Japon 2024 (HC)
- KIKI International Film Festival for Children, Zabok, Croatie 2024
- Festival Faîtes des courts, Brie-Comte-Robert, France 2024
- Festival international du film d’animation d’Annecy, France 2024
- FICAM, Festival international du cinéma d’animation de Meknès, Maroc 2024
- IndieLisboa - International Film Festival, Lisbonne, Portugal 2024
- Zlin Film Festival, Zlin, République Tchèque 2024
- Festival "Les Yeux Ouverts (Havre de cinéma), Montivilliers, France 2024
- FEST – New Directors | New Films Festival 2024, Espinho, Portugal 2024
- Festival de cinéma d’animation Cinéma dans les Étoiles, St Laurent-le-Minier, France 2024 (HC)
- FILMETS Badalona Film Festival, Barcelone, Espagne 2024
- Festival international du film de Curtas, Vila do Conde, Portugal 2024
- Festival Fenêtres sur Courts, Dijon, France 2024 (HC)
- Festival Plein la Bobine, Issoire / La Bourboule, France 2024
- Big Eyes, Big Minds, Singapore Children’s Film Festival, Singapour 2024
- Young Horizons International Film Festival, Warszaw / Wroclaw, Pologne 2024
- Göteborg Film Festival Prisma, Göteborg, Suède 2024 (HC)
- Kaohsiung Film Festival, Taiwan 2024
- Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People, Pyrgos / Amaliada, Grèce 2024
- Rolan, International Film Festival For Children and Youth, Yerevan, Arménie 2024
- Minikino Film Week 10, Bali International Short Film Festival, Indonésie 2024 (HC)
- Festival du film d’animation de Savigny, Suisse 2024
- Concorto Film Festival, Italie 2024 (HC)
- Anibar International Animation Festival, Peja, Kosovo 2024
- Neum Animated Film Festival, Neum, Bosnie-Herzégovine 2024 (HC)
- Mecal, le festival international de courts métrages et de films animés de Barcelone, Espagne 2024
- Festival du Film court en Plein air de Grenoble, France 2024
- Turku Animated Film Festival, Turku, Finlande 2024
- Festival International Zéro Plus, Tyumen, Russie 2024
- Giffoni Film festival, Giffoni Valle Piana, Italie 2024
- Imaginaria Film Festival, Conversano, Italie 2024
- El Meu Primer Festival, Festival du cinéma pour enfants de Barcelone et Madrid, Espagne 2024
- Athens International Children's Film Festival, Athènes, Grèce 2024
- Animator Fest- European Youth Festival of Animated Film, Jagodina, Serbie 2024
- Animix Festival, Tel Aviv, Israël 2024
- Festival International de Cine para Niños (... y no tan Niños), Mexico, Mexique 2024
- Festival international de films pour enfants Filem'On de Bruxelles, Belgique 2024
- Festival international d'animation de Varna (WFAF), Varna, Bulgarie 2024
- Discovery Film Festival 2024, Dundee, Ecosse 2024 (HC)
- Festival Silhouette, Paris, France 2024
- International Film Festival for Children and Youth Zinetxiki Zinemaldia, Bilbao, Espagne 2024
- Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur, Belgique 2024 (HC)
- Ficbueu International Film Festival of Bueu, Espagne 2024 (HC)
- Animanima Festival, Čačak, Serbie 2024
- Cortocircuiti Short Film Festival, Bari, Italie 2024
- Festival Animatou, Genève, Suisse 2024
- Irish Film Institute Family Festival, Dublin, Irlande 2024 (HC)
- Countryside Animafest Cyprus, Chypre 2024
- Espoo Ciné International Film Festival, Espoo, Finlande 2024 (HC)
- Festival International du Film d’Éducation, Évreux, France 2024 (HC)
- Festival du film d'animation pour la jeunesse, Bourg-en-Bresse, France 2024
- Festival international d'animation Animasyros, Syros, Grèce 2024
- International Childrens Filmfestival in Vienna and Styria, Vienne, Autriche 2024 (HC)
- Le Chouette Festival, Rieux Minervois, France 2024
- Festival du film de La Roche sur Yon, France 2024
- StopTrik International Film Festival, Maribor, Slovénie 2024 (HC)
- MICHEL Children's and Youth Festival, Hambourg, Allemagne 2024 (HC)
- Florianópolis Children's Film Festival, Florianópolis, Brésil 2024
- Festival Européen du Film Court de Brest, France 2024
- Big Cartoon Festival, Moscou, Russie 2024
- Animafilm, international animation festival of Baku, Azerbaijan 2024
- IndieJunior - International Children's and Youth Film Festival, Lisbonne, Portugal 2025
- Sharjah International Children's Film Festival, Sharjah, Emirats Arabes Unis 2024
- Animage, International Animation Festival of Pernambuco, Recife, Brésil 2024
- International animation film festival of Tindirindis, Vilnius, Lituanie 2024
- Festival de la Petite École du film court (Festival International du Film de Nancy), Nancy, France 2024
- Primanima World Festival of First Animations, Budaörs, Hongrie 2024
- Chaniartoon, international comics and animation festival, Chania, Grèce 2024
- International Film Festival Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Pays-Bas 2025 (HC)
- Festival Séquence Court Métrage, Toulouse, France 2024
- Catholic Film Festival, Seoul, Corée du Sud 2024 (HC)
- Kerry International Film Festival, Kerry, Irlande 2024
- Animest – Bucharest International Animation Film Festival, Bucarest, Roumanie 2024
- Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival, Alexandrie, Egypte 2024
- Feinaki, le Beijing Animation Week, Pékin, Chine 2024
- London International Animation Festival, Londres, Angleterre 2024
- Festival internacional de cine de Valdivia, Chili 2024 (HC)
- Uppsala Short Film Festival, Uppsala, Suède 2024
- Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur, Belgique 2024 (HC)
- Cinemira International Children's and Youth Film Festival, Budapest, Hongrie 2024
- KINO ATHENS, International Independent Film Festival, Athènes, Grèce 2025
- Animateka International Animated Film Festival, Ljubljana, Slovénie 2024
- Balkanima Festival, Belgrade, Serbie 2024
- Festival du cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Rouyn-Noranda, Canada 2024
- Lobo International Film Festival, Brasilia, Brésil 2024
- Leuven International short film festival, Louvain, Belgique 2024 (HC)
- Just Film Junior Festival (by Black Nights Film Festival), Talliin, Estonie 2024 (HC)
- Ajyal Film Festival, Doha, Qatar 2024 (HC)
- Zagreb Film Festival, Zagreb, Croatie 2024 (HC)
- Minsk International Film Festival, Minsk, Biélorussie 2024
- Reggio Film Festival, Reggio Emilia, Italie 2024
- BAMkids Film Festival (Brooklyn Academy of Music), New York, Etats-Unis 2024
- Youth Film Festival Antwerp, Anvers, Belgique 2025
- Cinema Miudo, Children’s film festival of Ames, Espagne 2024
- Anilogue, international animation festival of Budapest, Hongrie 2024
- Hsin-Yi Children’s Animation Awards, Taipei, Taiwan 2025

Technical information

Technicals

2D computer graphics, author's technique, traditional 2D animation

Genre(s)

educational, comedy, portrait / biography, social satire, edutainment, humour

Theme(s)

allergy, childhood, city, communication, daily life, difference, discovery, education, entraide, family, friendship, Human Behavior, humor, learning, meeting, sadness, society, sweet tooth

French visa number

159 770

Process

couleur

Available print(s)

DCP, ProRes HD, H264 HD

Available version(s)

Original version (without dialogues)

Image ratio (theaters)

1:85

Image radio (TV, video)

16/9

Sound

Stereo, 5.1

HD

oui

Dialogues

non

Year of production

2023

Credits

Producer(s)

Producteurs délégués : Reginald de Guillebon (Folimage), Nicolas Burlet (Nadasdy Film), Draško Ivezić (Adriatic Animation)
Producteur exécutif : Pierre Méloni (Folimage)
Directrice du développement : Corinne Destombes (Folimage)

Animation

Marc Robinet, Yulia Aronova, Salomé Chatelain, Morten Riisberg Hansen, Diane Laugier

Decors

Maša Avramović, Coline Desclides

Compositing

Izù Troin

colors

Maryse Tuzi, Mathilde Eysseric, Carole Guénault, Diane Laugier

Music

Pablo Pico

Sound

Jure Buljević, Loïc Burkhardt, Samuel Billot, Rémi Barbot

Editing

Antoine Rodet, Iva Kraljević

Mixage

Borna Buljević