''Garden Party'' is a 2017

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short film directed by Illogic Collective, six French 3D artists during their studies at MoPA, animation school in France. This short film is their graduation film. The short has been presented and won awards in a number of festivals including the

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, the

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, and the Nashville Film Festival where it won the Oscar Qualifying prize of Grand Jury Prize for best animation. The short was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 90th Academy Awards.

Plot

In a deserted rich house, a couple of

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s explore their surroundings. An emerald green frog swims through a murky swimming pool while being followed by a bigger toad. They eventually end up in a bed room that has all its sheets scattered about. A small yellow frog tries and fails to catch a butterfly to eat and a larger fatter toad awakens in a kitchen full of rancid food. This does not stop it from dining on caviar and macarons. The yellow frog makes its way into the house through one of the numerous bullet holes in the glass windows. An open safe and a gun can be seen, implying that a violent gun fight occurred there. As the night falls, the yellow frog finds the house's security room and begins accidentally turning on numerous switches; lighting up a painting that reveals the house's owner. Lights, music and water effects turn on outside as more amphibians show up to enjoy their new paradise. As they do so, the body of the house's owner, clad solely in a bathrobe, floats to the top of the pool, having been pickled and swollen from resting at the bottom for so long. The amphibians pay no mind to him.

Reception

Critical response

''Garden Party'' has an approval rating of 100% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 11 reviews, and an average rating of 9.00/10.

Awards

Since its launch, the film has received numerous awards, and selected in more than 180 festivals around the world. The short was part of the world touring screening

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2017.

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