Lola and the Sound Piano

Lola is the older sister of Simon, aged 5, who lives in a world of his own. By observing him, she notices how sensitive he is to small, hidden sounds. With her friend Rolih, she decides to build a noise machine to communicate with him.

JURY AWARD for a TV Special won at Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2024 !

Direction

Augusto Zanovello

Script

Augusto Zanovello
Jean-Charles Finck

Graphism

Mizuho Sato, Jérémie Almanza

Category

TV specials

Length

28 min

Public

from 6 years old, all audience, family

Production

Production : Komadoli Studio, Folimage, Momakin, Nadasdy Film, WFF, EC1 Lodz, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma. With the support of : France Télévisions, RTS, CNC, Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, Média Europe Créative, Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Région Grand Est, Région Pays de la Loire, Eurométropole de Strasbourg, Département de la Drôme et Valence Romans Agglo (en partenariat avec le CNC), Alcimé, Sacem, Procirep, Angoa, Gebeka Films, Prime Entertainment Group, Cinéforom, Loterie Romande, Lodz City of Culture.

Distribution

In French theaters

Special screenings

Folimage

International sales

Awards / Festivals

4 PRIX / AWARDS :

- Prix du Jury (catégorie Films de télévision), Festival international du film d’animation d’Annecy, France 2024
- Grand Prix (Young audience 9-11 yo), StopTrik Festival, Maribor, Slovénie 2024
- Best Short Animated Film, Sharjah International Children's Film Festival, Sharjah, Emirats Arabes Unis 2024
- Diploma for sensitivity, touching and livery puppet world, Big Cartoon Festival, Moscou, Russie 2024

15 Sélections officielles / Official selections :

- Festival international du film d’animation d’Annecy, France 2024 (première mondiale en festivals)
- Big Cartoon Festival, Moscou, Russie 2024
- StopTrik International Film Festival, Maribor, Slovénie + Lodz, Pologne, 2024
- Sharjah International Children's Film Festival, Sharjah, Emirats Arabes Unis 2024
- Cinemagic International Film Festival for Young People, Belfast, Irlande du Nord 2024
- Catholic Film Festival, Seoul, Corée du Sud 2024 (HC)
- Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival, Alexandrie, Egypte 2024
- IndieJunior - International Children's and Youth Film Festival, Porto, Portugal 2025
- PÖFF Shorts, Black Nights Film Festival, Tallinn, Estonie 2024
- Listapad, Minsk International Film Festival, Minsk, Biélorussie 2024
- Animateka, Festival international d'animation de Ljubljana, Slovénie 2024 (HC)
- Hsin-Yi Children’s Animation Awards, Taipei, Taiwan 2025

Technical information

Technicals

stop motion

Process

couleur

oui

Dialogues

oui

Year of production

2024

Credits

Producer(s)

Producteurs délégués : Emmanuel Baron (Komadoli Studio), Reginald de Guillebon (Folimage), Katarzyna Gromadzka (Momakin), Nicolas Burlet (Nadasdy Film).
Producteurs exécutifs : Pierre Méloni (Folimage), Agnieszka Kowalewska-Skowron (Momakin), Paulina Zacharek (Momakin), Robert Banasiak (Wrocław Feature Film Studio), Blazej Moder (EC1 Lodz).
Directrice du développement : Corinne Destombes (Folimage)

Script

Augusto Zanovello, Jean-Charles Finck

storyboard

Augusto Zanovello, Daniel Gatone, Laurent Jeunet

Animation

Héloïse Pétel, Luis Ignacio De Marco Laporte, Carla Pereira, Sergio Lara Jimenez, Emmanuel Briand, Sylvain Desrones, Patricia Sourdes, Lorelei Paliès, Chaïtane Conversat

Decors

Alix Lainé, Eric Bézy, Vincent Dupuy, Simon Jacquard

photography

Cyril Maddalena, Fabien Drouet, Nadine Buss

Compositing

Mathieu Perrier

Music

Christian Perret

sound design

Jérôme Vittoz

Editing

Antoine Rodet, Mona Zanovello