A Town Called Panic (film)
A Town Called Panic (French: Panique au village) is a 2009 internationally co-produced stop-motion animated adventure fantasy comedy film directed by Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar from a screenplay co-written by Aubier, Patar, Guillaume Malandrin and Vincent Tavier. The film is based on the French-language Belgian series of the same name and stars Aubier, Jeanne Balibar, Nicolas Buysse, Véronique Dumont, Bruce Ellison, Frédéric Jannin, Bouli Lanners, and Patar, among others.
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| Directed by | Stéphane Aubier Vincent Patar |
| Written by | Stéphane Aubier Guillaume Malandrin Vincent Patar Vincent Tavier |
| Based on | A Town Called Panic |
| Produced by | Philippe Kauffmann Vincent Tavier |
| Starring | Stéphane Aubier Jeanne Balibar Nicolas Buysse Véronique Dumont Bruce Ellison Frédéric Jannin Bouli Lanners Benoît Poelvoorde |
| Cinematography | Jan Vandenbussche |
| Edited by | Anne-Laure Guégan |
| Music by | Dionysos French Cowboy |
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| Distributed by | Cinéart (Belgium) Gébéka Films (France) |
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Running time | 76 minutes |
| Countries | Belgium France Luxembourg |
| Language | French |
It premiered at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and was the first stop-motion film to be screened at the festival. The film was released theatrically in Belgium on 17 June 2009 by Cinéart and in France on 28 October 2009 by Gébéka Films. The film received generally positive reviews from film critics.