A touching story in which fantasy and reality merge to make dreams come true. How determining can reality be, and how can fantasy unleash an unexpected freedom ? Can a fragile world of lights and shadows show us more than a silhouette drawn against the sunlight ? A mixed-technique animated short film, by Director Carlos Lascano

Some insights about the Backstage : carloslascano.com/carloslascano/asob_making.html

Backstage : vimeo.com/24613278

Written and Directed by Carlos Lascano

Producers : Carlos Lascano, Alexandre Charlet, Jonathan Hazan, Paula Lema / Music Composed by : Alex Conrado / Sound Design : Mark Vogelsang - Paul Wardlaw / Final Sound Mix - Fran ?ois Loubeyre / Digital Color Grading : Jan Čern ? / 3D Animation Department - Eallin Motion Art

Lead Modeling and Lighting Artist : Libor Batěk /Additional Lighting : Jakub Sporek / Modeling and Render Team : Martin Hanschild, Josef Kasal, Martin Ličko / Lead 3D Animator : Ondřej Přidal / 3D Animators : Renata Str ?nsk ?, Dmitry Medinsky, Pavel Šiška / Design of Puppets and Scale Models : Carlos Lascano & Carlos S. Moya.

A co-production : Les Films du Cygne and DreamLife Studio in Association with Eallin Motion Art. / Line Producer : Paula Lema.

Festival Awards :

. 3rd Festival of Marvellous and imaginary Film (2012) / Best Animation Award

. 23rd ? Meetings days Youth Cinema of Tarn ? (2012) / Best Direction Award

. Kimera International Film Festival (Italy, 2012) / Preselection 1rst Award, Audience Award, Jury Award

. Tabor Film Festival – Competition Kiki (children) (Croatia, 2012) / Special Mention

. Festival of Nations – Ebensee (Austria, 2012) / Golden Bear Award

. Malta Short Film Festival 2012 (Malta, 2012) / Best Foreign Animation Award

. Cinemadamare (Italy, 2012) / Best Screenplayer

. 30th International Festival of Youth Cinema or Rimousky (Canada, 2012) / Camerio Award – Best Animation Short

. Jahorina Film Festival (Bosnia and Herzgovina, 2012) / Golden Gentian Award

. Banjaluka Festival 2012 (Ex-Yugoslavia, 2012) / Special Mention

. Picture This... International Film Festival (Canada, 2013) / Special Mention

. Grand Bayou Short Film Showcase (USA, 2013) / Most Artistic Award

Special Program :

. 9th French Cinema Panorama in China organized by Unifrance (China, 2012)

. The French Cinema Today in Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan, 2012)

. 46th French Cinepanorama in Hong Kong (China, 2012)

. Program French Spring in Ukraine (Ukraine, 2013)

. Special Program ? Ouvrez vos mirettes ? (France, 2012-2013)

Theatre screenings :

. The RADi (France)

. Manivel Cinema in Redon (2012)

. Cin ?mas du Palais – Cr ?teil (2012)

. Cineco – Saint-Martin de Lansuscle (2012)

. Theater ? L’Entracte ? – Mugron (2012)

. Shorts Program ? D’un regard l’autre ? in N ?mes (2012)

. Theater Rural – Cr ?py en Valois (2012)

See full festivals list at : swanfrance.com/lesfilmsducygne/en/projet/21/a-shadow-of-blue-realise-par-carlos-lascano

Cast : Carlos Lascano

Tags : animation , lascano , butterfly , shortfilm , stopmotion , 3D , oscar , girl , shadows and birds