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Souvenir Souvenir
Souvenir Souvenir
Directed by	Bastien Dubois
Produced by	Amiel Tenenbaum; Simon Pénochet; Bastien Dubois
Music by	Antonio Vivaldi; Anetha; Vandy Roc; John Hunter Jr; Jonathan Slott
Distributed by	Miyu Distribution
Release date	2020;
Running time	15 min 10 seconds
Country	France

Souvenir Souvenir is an animated documentary short film directed by Bastien Dubois^[1] and produced by Amiel Tenenbaum, Simon Pénochet and Bastien Dubois. The short has been awarded in a number of festivals including in Clermont-Ferrand Festival, Seattle International Film Festival, Short Film Award and Sundance Film Festival and won an Annie Award in Best Short Subject category in 2021.^[2]^[3] It was shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film but ultimately was not nominated.^[4]

Production

This animated documentary is based on true facts about the Algerian war, intertwined with the director's family life and most of the voices are narrated by the characters themselves. The use of layers and superpositions by paint, blurry and grainy textures by the illustrator Jorge Gonzales^[5] match the layers of secrecy of the narrative. The film has two styles: a cartoony 2D animation, made by Train-Train studio and 3D models that mimic 2D hand-drawing and textures. Details were also added by hand-dray and TV paint.

Plot

For ten years, a filmmaker attempts to make a movie out of his grandfather's Algerian war souvenirs. Both a historical denial and family taboo, the questions raised by the topic fail to be answered, and both personal and collective memory are left unsaid.^[6] The narrative shifts from the incapacity to speak, to the ability to ask the right question, and less about the grandfather experience and more about the making of a film.

Accolades

Since its launch, the film has been selected in various festivals and academies around the world:


Year	Ceremony	Award/Category	Status
2020	Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival	Best French-language animated film^[7]	Won
	Bogoshorts	Best International Short Film	Won
	Les Sommets du cinéma d'animation	Grand Prize	Won
	Tubingen Stuttgart International French-language Film Festival	Grand Prize for Best Short Film	Won
	Trouville Off-Courts Film Festival	Jury Special Mention	Won
2021	Seattle International Film Festival	Documentary Grand Jury Award^[8]	Won
	Mecal	Grand Prix^[9]	Won
	Pittsburgh Film Festival	Best Animation^[10]	Won
	Animest	Best Documentary^[11]	Won
	Sundance International Film Festival	Short Film Jury Award to the Best Animation^[12]	Won
	Annie Awards	Best short film^[14]	Won
	Oscars	Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film^[15]	Shortlisted