Year of Production 2009
- Aching Heart, Denmark, 2009
- Alice´s Birthday, Russia, 2009
- All that I Love, Poland, 2009
- Amore 14, Italy, 2009
- Apple and the Worm, The, Denmark, 2009
- Boat Race, The, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, 2009
- Book of Masters, Russia, 2009
- Boy Called Dad, Great Britain, 2009
- Capelito the Magic Mushroom, Spain, 2009
- Chatroom, Great Britain, 2009
- Copernicus' Star, Poland, 2009
- Cosmonaut, Italy, 2009
- Cracks, Great Britain, Ireland, Spain , 2009
- Crocodiles, Germany, 2009
- Dorfpunks, Germany, 2009
- Eagle Hunter's Son, The, Sweden/Germany, 2009
- Eep!, Netherlands, 2009
- Eleonore's Secret, France, 2009
- Fish Tank, Great Britain, 2009
- Forbidden Fruit, Sweden, Finland, 2009
- Frogs and Toads, Netherlands, 2009
- From Time to Time, Great Britain, 2009
- Gnomes and Trolls 2 – The Forest Trail, Sweden, 2009
- Hangtime, Germany, 2009
- Here Comes Lola!, Germany, 2009
- Hush Little Baby , Denmark, 2009
- If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle, Romania, Sweden, 2009
- In Your Arms, France, 2009
- Indian, The, Netherlands, 2009
- Junior Olsen Gang and the Silver Treasure, Denmark, 2009
- Karla and Katrine, Denmark, 2009
- Kenny Begins, Sweden, 2009
- Laura's Star and the mysterious Dragon Nian *, Germany, 2009
- Life in One Day, Netherlands, 2009
- Lilly the Witch – The Dragon and the Magic Book, Germany, I, A, ESP, 2009
- Lippel's Dream, Germany, 2009
- Little Knights, Czech Republic, 2009
- Little One, The, Austria, Italy, 2009
- Little White Lies, Germany, 2009
- Luke and Lucy: The Texas Rangers, Belgium, Netherlands,Luxembourg, 2009
- Magic Silver, Norway, 2009
- Magic Tree, The, Poland, 2009
- Min Dît – The Children of Diyarbakir, Turkey, Germany, 2009
- Monster Busters, Denmark, 2009
- My Dad's A Detective! - The Mysterious Island Fort, Netherlands, 2009
- Neuilly Motherfucker, France, 2009
- No Fear, Germany, 2009
- No Hard Feelings, Belgium, 2009
- Orps – The Movie, Norway, 2009
- Oscar and the Lady in Pink, France, Belgium, Canada, 2009
- Other Bank, The, Georgia / Kazakhstan, 2009
- Pettson & Findus 4 – Forget-Abilities, Sweden/Germany/Denmark, 2009
- Piggies, Poland, 2009
- Princess Lillifee, Germany, 2009
- Rabbi's Cat, The, France, 2009
- Race, The, Ireland, Germany, 2009
- Rafiki, Norway, 2009
- Same Same but Different, Germany, 2009
- Scouting Book for Boys, The, Great Britain, 2009
- Sebbe, Sweden, 2009
- Secret Book of Nicolas, The, Netherlands, 2009
- Skirt Day, France, 2009
- Small Sea, Italy, 2009
- Starring Maja, Sweden, 2009
- Step into Darkness, A, Turkey, 2009
- Storm, Denmark, 2009
- Super Brother, Denmark, 2009
- Sweet Evil, France, 2009
- Thin Match Man, The, Italy, 2009
- Timetrip – The Curse of the Viking Witch, Denmark, 2009
- Town Called Panic, A, Luxembourg, Belgium, France, 2009
- Toys in the Attic or Who Has a Birthday Today?, Czech Republic, 2009
- Twelth Summer, The, Russia, 2009
- Twigson (Knerten), Norway, 2009
- Valley, The, Switzerland, Hungary, Italy, 2009
- Vegas, Norway, 2009
- When We Own The World, Germany, 2009
- Wicky the Mighty Viking, Germany, 2009
- Yatzy, Norway, 2009
- Yohan – The Child Wanderer, Norway, 2009
- Yuki & Nina, France/ Japan, 2009
- Zion and his Brother, France, Israel, 2009
- Zoomers, Denmark, 2009
Town Called Panic, A
English title: Town Called Panic, A
Original title: Panique au Village
German title: Town Called Panic, A *
Luxembourg, Belgium, France, 2009
Director: Aubier, Stéphane & Patar, Vincent
Production company: La Parti Prod. & Coproduction Office
Age recommendation: 5 years and up
Synopsis:
“Oh non! Mon Dieu!” The feature version of A Town Called Panic (Panique au village), the demented Belgian television animation sensation of the same name, has arrived! The first stop-motion animated feature selected to Cannes, A Town Called Panic brings to life a topsy-turvy world populated by cheap plastic figurines of cowboys, Indians, farmers, police officers, horses, cows and pigs.
When an attempt to surprise their pal Horse with a homemade brick barbecue for his birthday goes terribly awry, Cowboy and Indian must find a way to deal with the fifty million bricks they mistakenly ordered. Unfortunately, their effort to hide the bricks results in their house being destroyed. Trying to rebuild it, the oddball trio contends with an avalanche of bizarre obstacles: a voyage to the centre of the Earth; a giant snowball-throwing mechanical penguin; parachuting cows; pointy-headed sea creatures from a parallel underwater world; giant waffles; and madcap music lessons for barnyard animals taught by the comely red-maned horse Madame Longray. Even Père Noël makes an appearance!
A Town Called Panic was originally a television series made up of frenetic short episodes. The creators and directors, Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar, employ a unique visual style that runs at a chaotic pace and is filled with profound silliness.The Panic crew are no strangers to Midnight Madness. One of the film's producers, Vincent Tavier, produced Calvaire(04) and co-wrote and acted in the notorious Midnight Madness hit Man Bites Dog (92). And Benoît Poelvoorde, who played that film's serial-killer anti-hero, voices the shouty neighbouring farmer Steven here.
Playfully charged with Belgian surrealism and a rock 'n' roll sensibility, A Town Called Panic feels as though Jacques Tati led the crew of Monty Python's Flying Circus to hijack the world of Pingu. The resulting mayhem sounds like a grade-school French teacher, jacked on amphetamines, reading a storybook while huffing helium from a balloon.
Colin Geddes, Toronto International Film Festival 2009
Marketing strategies:
Based on a successful TV series.
Festivals:
Cannes 2009, Sitges 2009 (awarded), Toronto 2009, Ciné-Jeune de l'Aisne 2009, Haugesund 2009, Cinekid Amsterdam 2009, Oulu 2009, Montreal 2010, Frankfurt 2010, Buster Copenhagen 2010, Kinodiseea Bucharest 2010, Leeds 2011
Website: www.paniqueauvillage.com
World sales address/es:
Coproduction Office (FR)
Sold to:
Frenetic (CH)
Gébéka (F)
Sherlock (ESP)
Zero em Comportamento (PT)