Information for film's submission
Red River, Song Hong
Animation • 14 min 15 sec. (25ips) / 14 min. 52 sec. (24ips) • 2012 (April) • France
ORIGINAL TITLE : Fleuve Rouge, Song Hong
SYNOPSIS
Vietnam. The early hours in Hanoi of three young brothers newly arrived from their native village. Around the Long Bien Bridge,
link between city and countryside, they cross the path of a young cop and a street vendor.
TECHNICAL DATA
Animation technics: 2D (After Effects) • Sound: Dolby SR / Stereo • Process: color • Exhibition formats: 35 mm film print
(ratio : 1.85, 479 m), DCP, Beta SP and Digital Beta (ratio16/9) • Language: Vietnamese • Subtitles: French or English.
CREDITS
Direction, Scenario, Backgrounds, Animation, Editing: Stephanie Lansaque and Francois Leroy • Sound, Original music,
Mix : Denis Vautrin • Singer: Nguyen Thanh Thung • Voices: Do Anh Hoang, Hoang Thi Hanh, Hoang Thanh Ha, Le Minh Thu,
Mai Duy Anh, Nguyen Huong Mai, Nguyen Kim Loan, Nguyen Thanh Tung, Nguyen Thu Giang, Nguyen Van Hoan.
DIRECTORS
Directors : Stephanie Lansaque and Francois Leroy
Birth : Stephanie Lansaque : 1978/09/04 in Marseille, France, Francois Leroy : 1978/05/21 in Caen, France.
Biography : Francois Leroy studied animation and Stephanie Lansaque has worked as an art director for magazine and edition.
In 2003, they traveled to Asia for the first time. They loved the atmosphere so much that they decided to make their first
animated short film "Goodbye Mister Chu" who talks about vietnamese traditions and the lost souls festival. In 2009, they
finished their second short movie "Mei Ling" who takes place in Hong Kong (the film has been selected in more than 150
festivals and received 24 awards). "Red river, Song Hong" is their third movie and talks about Vietnam on a more social angle.
Between two personal projects, they work as technicians and directors for the company "Je Suis Bien Content" on TV series,
video clips, feature films...
Address: 86 rue Menilmontant, 75020 Paris, France • Phone number: (+33) 621 71 41 27 • E-mail: slansaque@yahoo.fr •
Web site: http://leroylansaque.blogspot.com
PRODUCTION
Production company : Je Suis Bien Content • Producers: Marc Jousset, Perrine Capron • Address : 35 rue du Faubourg
Poissonnière, 75009 Paris, France • Phone number : (+33) 142 46 35 35 • E-mail : perrine@jsbc.fr • Web site : www.jsbc.fr
Co-production : Arte France
PARTICIPATION IN FESTIVALS AND AWARDS
2012: Critics’ Week, Cannes (France) [1st screening: 21 May 2012] - Festival Internazional del cinema d'Arte, Bergamo (Italy) Seoul international Cartoon and Animation Festival (South Korea) - One Country, One Film, Apchat (France) - Golden Kuker
Animation Festival, Sofia (Bulgaria) >> Best animated short film - Croq'Anime, Paris (France) - The World Film Festival Montreal
(Canada) - Auburn Film Festival for Children and Young Adults (Australia) - Animanima, Cacak (Serbia) - Naoussa International
Film Festival (Greece) >> People’s Choice Award in Animation category - Animatou, Geneva (Switzerland) - The Hybride's
Competition, Lille (France) - Court devant, Paris (France) - Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival (Brazil) - Namur
International French-speaking Short Film Festival (Belgium) - Anim'est, Bucharest (Romania) - Banjaluka international
Animation Film Festival (Bosnia and Herzegovina) - Animasyros, Syros island (Greece) - Balkanima, Belgrade (Serbia) Tindirindis, Vilnius (Lithuania) - ExpoToons International Animation Festival, Buenos Aires (Argentina) - CutOut Fest, Querétaro
(Mexico) - Court c'est court, Cabrières d'Avignon (France) - Animated Dreams, Tallinn (Estonia) - Braunschweig International
Short Film Festival (Germany) - Exground Filmfest, Wiesbaden (Germany) - Mumia Underground world animation festival, Belo
Horizonte (Brazil) - Montreal Animated Film Summit (Canada) - Villeurbanne Short Film Festival (France) - Women Make
Waves Film Festival, Taipei (Taiwan) - Leeds International Film Festival (United-Kingdom) - Multivision Animation Festival, St.
Petersburg (Russia) - Festi'Val d'Oise du court, L'Isle-Adam (France) >> Audience's Award - International Digital Film Festival,
Cotonou (Benin) - Un festival c'est trop court, Nice Short Film Festival (France) - National Animation Film Festival, Bruz (France)
- Kinofest international digital film festival, Bucarest (Romania) - Istanbul Short Film Festival (Turkey) - Istanbul Animation
Festival (Turkey). 2013: Un poing c'est court, Vaulx-en-Velin (France) -Animfest, Athens (Greece) - Anima, Brussels
(Belgium) - Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival (France) - Quintessence, Ouidah Film Festival (Benin) - Go Short, Nijmegen
(The Netherlands) - Tricky Women Animation Film Festival, Vienna (Austria) - Ciné court animé, Roanne Animation Short Film
Festival (France) - Mecal, Barcelona (Spain) - Festi’valloire (France) - Animac, Lleida (Spain) - Tampere International Short Film
Festival (Finland) - Cortoons, Rome (Italy) - Faites des courts, Brie-Comte-Robert (France) - Detours en Cine Court, SaintGénies-Bellevue (France) - Future Film Festival, Bologna (Italy) - Cinema Jove, Valencia (Spain) - Palm Springs International
Short Film Festival (USA) - Sardinia International Short Film, Sassari (Italy) - Festival international de Rhode Island, Newport
(USA) - Animage, Recife (Brazil) - Ojai Film Festival (USA) - Oslo Short Animation Film Festival (Norway) - Média 10-10, Namur
Short Film Festival (Belgium) - Sydney Intercultural Film Festival (Australia). 2014: RabbitFest, Perugia (Italy) - Festival Court
Métrange, Rennes (France)
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