The Pocket Man (Le Petit Bonhomme de poche)
Ajyal Competition
Ana Chubinidze / Short Narrative / France, Switzerland, Georgia / 2016 / 7 min / Colour / DCP
In No Dialogue / (No Subtitles) subtitles
Interests: Animation, Children
Synopsis
A teeny tiny man lives in an old suitcase on the sidewalk, where he gathers the precious things thrown away by passers-by. But the people on the street are too busy to notice him, so his home is always being knocked about. When he takes matters into his own hands, he makes a surprise connection with an elderly blind man, and this camaraderie makes his whole life better. ‘The Pocket Man’ is an eloquent tale about compassion and hope.
About the Directors
Ana Chubinidze was born in Georgia in 1990. An author, illustrator and maker of animated films, she has worked in several Georgian publishing houses as an illustrator and pop-up book designer. She has conducted numerous workshops for children and adults about pop-up book techniques. She is a former member of the Book Art Center Tbilisi, and worked as an organiser and curator of Tbilisi Book Days. She directed 'The Pocket Man’, her first animated short film, in 2016, at a Folimage artists’ residence.
Credits
- Director
- Ana Chubinidze
- Screenwriter
- Ana Chubinidze
- Producer
- Reginald de Guillebon, Corinne Destombes
- Editor
- Herve Guichard
- Music
- Yan Volsy
- Cinematographer
- Nadine Buss
- Production Company
- Folimage
- Sound
- Loic Burkhardt, Julien Baissat
- Set Designer
- Marion Charrier