Best Animation Prize for Irish Short Film 'Somewhere Down the Line' at Clermont Ferrand
Congratulations to Irish short film Somewhere Down the Line, which was the winner of the Best Animation award in the International Competition at the prestigious Clermont Ferrand Short Film Festival last night (February 8th).
The award is notable as the festival, which takes place in the city of Clermont-Ferrand, France, is regarded as the world's leading film festival dedicated to short films. It is France's second-largest film festival in terms of attendance, coming only after Cannes.
Somewhere Down the Line was directed by Julien Regnard and examines a man's life, loves and losses which are shown through the exchanges he has with the passengers in his car. The film was made using a combination of 2D and 3D animation effects and music was supplied by Matthew Nolan, Cameron Doyle and Lioba Petrie of Dublin-based collective 3epkano. The short was produced by Jonathan Clarke for Academy Award®-nominated animation studio Cartoon Saloon, based in Kilkenny.
The film was produced under the Frameworks short-film scheme, which is co-financed by Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board, RTÉ and the Arts Council.
At the 2014 Galway Film Fleadh the film received a special mention in the Best Animation Sequence in a Short Film category. It also screened at the Cork Film Festival in November.