Folimage is a French animation studio, based in

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, France. It was founded in 1981 by Jacques-Rémy Girerd. The studio produces animation films for cinema and TV (short films, TV specials and series, feature films). In 1999, the company founded an animation school, La Poudrière, also in Valence. In 2009, Folimage and La Poudrière moved to La Cartoucherie, a former munitions factory in

Filmography

Short length

* ''L'Eléphant et la baleine'' (''The Elephant and the Whale'', 1986), directed by Jacques-Rémy Girerd * '' Le Petit cirque de toutes les couleurs'' (''The Little Circus and Other Tales'', 1986), directed by Jacques-Rémy Girerd * ''Sculpture, sculptures'' (1988), directed by Jean-Loup Felicioli * ''Amerlock'' (1988), directed by Jacques-Rémy Girerd * ''Nos adieux au music-hall'' (''Farewell Musical'', 1989), directed by Laurent Pouvaret * ''Le Wall'' (''The Wall'', 1992), directed by Jean-Loup Felicioli * ''Histoire extraordinaire de Mme Veuve Kecskemet'' (''Extraordinary story of Madame Veuve Kecskemet'', 1994), directed by Bela Weisz * ''Une Bonne journée'' (''A Pleasant Day'', 1994), directed by Matthias Bruhn * ''Le Moine et le poisson'' (''

The Monk and the Fish ''The Monk and the Fish'' (french: Le Moine et le poisson) is a 1994 Animation, animated short film made by Michaël Dudok de Wit at the studio Folimage. Plot Standing next to a water reservoir in a monastery enclave, a monk sees a fish and goes t ...

'', 1994), directed by

Michaël Dudok de Wit Michaël Dudok de Wit (; born 15 July 1953) is a Dutch animator, director and illustrator based in London. He won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for '' Father and Daughter'' (2000) and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best ...

. * ''L'Abri'' (''The Shelter'', 1995), directed by Arnaud Pendrié * ''Paroles en L'air'' (''Winged Words'', 1995), directed by Sylvain Vincendeau * ''Le Grande Migration'' (''The Great Migration'', 1995), directed by Youri Tcherenkov * ''Na kraju zemli'' (''Au bout du monde'' in French, ''At the Ends of the Earth'', 1999), directed by

Konstantin Bronzit Konstantin Eduardovich Bronzit (russian: Константи́н Эдуа́рдович Бронзи́т; born 12 April 1965) is a Russian animator and animation film director and nominated twice for Academy Awards, Oscars. He currently works at one ...

* ''Histoire Tragique avec fin heureuse'' (''

Tragic Story with Happy Ending ''Tragic Story with Happy Ending'' (French: ''Histoire tragique avec fin heureuse'') is a 2005 animated short by Regina Pessoa. To make the 7 minute 43 second film, Pessoa's drawings were transferred to glossy paper, brushed with India ink, scratc ...

'', 2005) directed by Regina Pessoa * ''Les Conquérants'' (''The Conquerors'', 2011) directed by Tibor Bánóczki and Sarolta Szabó aka Domestic Infelicity

Medium length (TV Specials, 26')

* ''L'Enfant au grelot'' (''Charlie's Christmas'', 1998) directed by Jacques-Rémy Girerd. * ''Patate et le jardin potager'' (''Spud and the vegetable garden'', 2000) directed by Damien Louche-Pelissier and Benoit Chieux * ''L'Hiver de Léon'' (''Leon in Wintertime'', 2008) directed by Pierre-Luc Granjon and Pascal Le Nôtre * ''Le Printemps de Mélie'' (''Molly in Springtime'', 2009) directed by Pierre-Luc Granjon

TV series

* ''

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'': 78 episodes, directed by Emilie Sengelin and Amandine Fredon. Broadcasting on TF1 (French channel) in 2009/2010. * ''

Hilltop Hospital ''Hilltop Hospital'' (French: ''Hôpital Hilltop'') is a claymation television series made in 1999, directed by Pascal Le Nôtre. It is adapted from a series of books by Nicholas Allan of the same name. The theme tune and incidental music for th ...

'': 5 seasons of 10 episodes, directed by Pascal Le Nôtre * ''My Little Planet'': 2 seasons of 13 épisodes, directed by Jacques-Rémy Girerd * ''Tidbits for Toddlers'': 40 episodes, directed by Jacques-Rémy Girerd * ''The Joy of Life'': 20 episodes, directed by Jacques-Rémy Girerd * ''My Donkey'': 30 traditional French folksongs, directed by Pascal Le Nôtre * ''Michel''

Full-length Feature

* ''

Raining Cats and Frogs ''Raining Cats and Frogs'' ( French: ', literally "The Prophecy of Frogs") is a French traditional animation children's feature film, released in 2003, directed by Jacques-Rémy Girerd and written by Girerd, Antoine Lanciaux and Iouri Tcherenkov a ...

'' (''La Prophétie des grenouilles'', 2003) directed by Jacques-Rémy Girerd. * ''

Mia and the Migoo ''Mia and the Migoo'' (french: Mia et le Migou, it, Mià e il Migù) is a 2008 French-Italian animated film produced by Folimage and directed by Jacques-Rémy Girerd. The film is about a young girl's search for her father in a tropical paradise, ...

'' (''Mia et le Migou'', 2008) directed by Jacques-Rémy Girerd. The film won in 2009 the European Film Award for Best European animated feature film (European Film Academy) * ''

A Cat in Paris ''A Cat in Paris'' (french: Une vie de chat, lit=A Cat's Life) is a 2010 animated adventure crime film by the French 2D animation studio Folimage, telling the story of a young Parisian girl whose cat leads her to unravel a thrilling mystery over ...

'' (''Une vie de chat'', 2010) directed by

Alain Gagnol Alain Gagnol (born 1967) is a French film maker. In January 2012, he was nominated for an Academy Award for the animated movie ''A Cat in Paris''. He also directed ''Phantom Boy ''Phantom Boy'' is a 2015 animated fantasy film directed by Jean-L ...

and

Jean-Loup Felicioli Jean-Loup Felicioli (born 1960) is a French film maker. In January 2012, he was nominated for an Academy Award for the movie ''A Cat in Paris''. He also directed ''Phantom Boy''. Born in 1960 in Albertville Albertville (; Arpitan: ''Arbèrt ...

. Release date in French theaters : 2010 December, 15th. International distribution
Films Distribution, Paris
. The film received in 2012 a nomination for

Academy Award The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...

for

Best Animated Feature Film This is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various film, festivals, and people's awards. Best Actor/Best Actress *See Best Actor#Film awards, Best Actress#F ...

. * ''

Aunt Hilda! ''Aunt Hilda!'' (French: ''Tante Hilda !''; also known as ''Auntie Hilda'' in the United States) is a 2013 animated French film directed by Benoît Chieux and Jacques-Rémy Girerd. Plot The film is set in Beaumont-les-Vignes, a fictional town in ...

'' (''Tante Hilda!'', 2014) directed by Jacques-Rémy Girerd. * ''

Phantom Boy ''Phantom Boy'' is a 2015 animated fantasy film directed by Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gagnol and written by Alain Gagnol. The film stars Édouard Baer, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Audrey Tautou, Jackie Berroyer, Gaspard Gagnol and Noa Bernaoui-Savr ...

'' (2015) directed by

and

. Release date in French theaters : 2015 October, 14th.

References

External links

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Folimage on Facebook (official page)

Folimage on Youtube

Folimage on Dailymotion

in the

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