Synopsis

On July 25, 2020, the bulk carrier MV Wakashio ran aground on the reef on the east coast of Mauritius. 12 days later, oil began to spill, causing the worst ecological disaster ever to occur in the region.

Credits

Executive Producers: Bérangère Condomines, Arnauld Boulard & Jonathan Rubin
Direction, Screenplay, Graphic Design & Editing: Kim Yip Tong
Animation: Kim Yip Tong, Amandine Boyer, Pénélope Camus, Gloria Vivien, Uma Burrenchobay
Compositing: Kim Yip Tong, Amandine Boyer, Gloria Vivien
Sound Editing: Pierre George
Sound Design: Woréka
Music: Patyatann & Woréka
Sound Mix: Guy Steer
In co-production with Gao Shan Pictures (Réunion) & Gao Shan Animation Studio Maurice (Mauritius)
With production support from CNC – Aide au programme, Fonds Images Francophones, Région Réunion, Polygreen Culture & Art Initiative, Economic Development Board (Mauritius), Institut Français de Maurice, France Télévision - Réunion La 1ère, and Angoa and Procirep – société des producteurs

Awards

Alice Guy Award
Makandal Award by the Student Jury – Special Mention by the Jury at the Festival Court Derrière
Short Film Award, Student Jury Award, and Audience Favorite Award – Atmosphère Festival

Festivals

Annecy International Animation Film Festival – Annecy, France
Alcoi International Animation Festival – Alcoi, Spain
Grenoble Nature & Environment Film Festival – Grenoble, France
International Island Film Festival of Île de Groix – Île de Groix, France
Pariscience Festival – Paris, France
Saint-Pierre Short Film Festival – Saint-Pierre, Réunion
CinéOpen – Pontarlier Animation Film Festival – Pontarlier, France
Atmosphère Festival – Courbevoie, France
Kino Athens – Athens International Independent Film Festival – Athens, Greece
Carrefour du Cinéma d’Animation – Paris, France
Festival Court Derrière – Saint-Denis, Réunion
Les Arcs European Film Festival – Les Arcs, France
International Education Film Festival – Évreux, France
ReAnimania International Animation Film Festival – Yerevan, Armenia
Red Sea International Film Festival – Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Spark Animation – Vancouver, Canada
Women's Film Festival – Réunion
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival – Clermont-Ferrand, France
Florence Short Film Festival – Florence, Italy
La Premier Fois Festival – Marseille, France
FESPACO (Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou) – Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
EcoZine Festival – Zaragoza, Spain
National Animation Film Festival of Rennes – Rennes, France
Animac – International Animation Film Festival of Catalonia – Lleida, Spain
European Film Festival – Lille, France
Ciné Filou Festival – Three Days Too Short Festival – Castres & Albi les Cordeliers, France
Psaroloco International Film Festival for Children & Young People – Piraeus, Greece
Go Short – International Short Film Festival – Nijmegen, Netherlands
African, Asian and Latin American Film Festival – Milan, Italy
Trickfilm – Stuttgart International Animation Film Festival (ITFS) – Stuttgart, Germany
Flatpack Film Festival – Birmingham, UK
Regard Saguenay International Short Film Festival – Chicoutimi, Canada
Academia Film Olomouc (AFO) – Olomouc, Czech Republic
Indian Ocean International Film Festival (FIFOI) – Réunion
Stlouis'Doc – Saint-Louis International Documentary Film Festival – Saint-Louis, Senegal
Madagascar International Animation Film Festival – Madagascar
African Film Festival of Tarifa – Tarifa, Spain
Détours en Cinécourt – Saint-Géniès-Bellevue, France
Cinelà – African Film Festival of Verona – Italy

TV/VOD Broadcasts

Réunion la 1ère