Bamiyân

2007 – A 15′ short film
Animated painting
Written and directed by Patrick Pleutin
A coproduction Les Films de l’Arlequin / ARTE France

632 AD, the Chinese monk Xuanzang discovers the prodigious statues representing Buddha in the valley of Bamiyan – Afghanistan.
In 2008 the children living in the valley tell us the myths and legends surrounding the tragic destiny of these statues that were destroyed by the Talibans in 2001.

• Prix Scam de l’œuvre numérique 2009

Sélectionné à Courtivore – Un Festival C’est Trop Court – Clermont-Ferrand – Festival du Film Court de Brest – Festival du Film Court de Villeurbanne – Cinemed – Annecy – Interfilm Berlin – Asheville International Children’s Film Festival – Monstra Lisboa – Redcat Children’s Film Festival – Seattle Children’s Film Festival – Leeds – Cinanima – Banjaluka – Open Cinema – Fantoche – SICAF – Connecticut Film Festival – Tel Aviv Animation Film Festival – FICAM – MIAF – Mediawave – Animabasauri – Stuttgart – Tiburon – Animac – Anima – Anilogue – Berlin Short Film Festival – Balkanima – Festival des Films du Monde de Montréal – Alternativa