Final Jury
Benjamin Massoubre fell in love with animation when he di scovered its richness and vari ety at the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival. He started as an editor and had the chance to work on many animated featu re films which earned him memb ership of both the A.C.E and the AMPAS. He collaborated with Jérémy Cl apin on I Lost My Body, with Rémi Chayé on Long way north and Calamity: A childhood of Martha Jane Cannary and with Patrick Imbert on The Summit of the Gods. His first feature film as director : Little Nicholas happy as can be ! was selected at the Cannes Film Festival and also received the Cristal for best feature at the Annecy international animation Festival in 2022. Benjamin will talk about his passion for animation and his career in the medium. He is going to take us behind the scenes and explain how " Little Nicholas" was made : from the script and storyboarding stages to animation, coloring or music, it will be a complete walkthrough of the entire production.