La Détente

La Détente is a 2011 short French film directed by Pierre Ducos and Betrand Bey. It has won several prizes, including Best of show award at SIGGRAPH Asia 2011 and Best Animation award at the Sapporo International Short Film Festival. The film tells the story of a French soldier in World War I who becomes paralyzed with fear while in the trenches. He escapes in his head to an imaginary world where toys fight wars instead of humans. Eric Liu, chair of the Computer animation festival at SIGGRAPH Asia 2011, called La Détente a standout of the festival, saying "This animation short brings a unique and visually stunning computer-generated animation to the audience."

La Détente
A screenshot from the film
Directed byPierre Ducos
Bertrand Bey
Produced byKawanimation
Edited byPierre Ducos
Bertrand Bey
Music byPatrick Stemelen
Release date
  • October 2011 (2011-10)
Running time
9 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
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