My Life As a Zucchini
- Ma Vie de Courgette
- Section: LUX Film Prize
- Switzerland, France
- 2016 / 66 min.
- Director: Claude Barras
- Cast: Gaspard Schlatter, Sixtine Murat, Paulin Jaccoud, Michel Vuillermoz
- French version with Czech subtitles
Contact: Indie Sales
A moving animated tale of a boy who finds lifelong friends in an orphanage.
Zucchini is a little boy who, after the death of his mother, ends up in an orphanage by an unfortunate accident. Surrounded by other lonely children, he searches to no avail for somewhere to belong. With the arrival of a new girl called Camille, however, things take a dramatic turn and the children soon learn that adversity is easier overcome with a friend’s help. First romance, the cares of life, and friendships that last a lifetime… A poetic, animated, Oscar nominated film for big and small.
Awards: European Film Awards 2016: Best Animated Film. Annecy International Animated FF 2016: Audience Award, Cristal Award – best feature. Melbourne IFF 2016: Best Film. Warsaw IFF 2016: Audience Award. Zurich FF 2016: Kids Jury Award. Bratislava IFF 2016: FIPRESCI Prize. San Sebastián IFF 2016: Audience Award. And others included nominations for Academy Awards and Golden Globes 2017.
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