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It's a Dog's Life

Julie Rembauville & Nicolas Bianco-Levrin
2012 | 7 min
This short animation features Fifi the dog, who fantasizes about interstellar travel as an escape from his day-to-day existence as the family scapegoat. While doing whatever it takes to please Mom, Dad and the kids, Fifi tries to make off with some newspaper articles about the latest scientific developments in space travel. Fifi would like nothing better than to be left alone in his basket, his nose buried in a feature story on space travel, but the lively family around him blames him for their own bad behaviour. This animated short is the tale of a dog’s life on a human scale—what results is an urban fable about learning to live together.

Awards and distinctions

  • Best Script
    Les murs ont des yeux, Osny
    2014
  • Mention spéciale du jury
    Festi'Val d'Oise, Val d'Oise
    2013
  • Special Mention for the Young Audience Competition
    Festival international du court métrage, Lille
    2013
  • Gold Award
    Festival of Nations, Lenzing
    2013
  • THE HERMINA TÝRLOVÁ AWARD
    International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Zlin
    2013
  • Best Canadian Short- Elementary
    VIEWFINDERS International Film Festival forYouth, Halifax
    2013
  • Prix du public- catégorie court métrage professionnel
    Festival de cinéma pour enfants de Québec, Québec
    2013
  • Jury "Classe L CAV" prize
    Rencontres Internationales du Cinéma d'Animation, Wissembourg
    2012
  • First Prize
    Premio Simona Gesmundo Corti d'Animazione, Cetraro
    2012