On the lookout for polar bears in the Arctic, a wildlife photographer realizes she may have missed more than a shot.
Cinematography
Arctic emptiness so beautiful it hurts.
Direction
Five directors, one voice? Somehow it works.
Sound
Sensory sound design that makes cold feel audible.
Director
Marie-Liesse Coumau
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The five directors were all students at Gobelins, France's elite animation school — this was their graduation film that somehow feels decades wiser.
The 'sensory' and 'distancing' keywords aren't buzzwords — the film deliberately mimics how photographers experience life through barriers, making the viewer complicit in Hélène's isolation.
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