Wednesday With Goddard

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A personal quest for spiritual enlightenment leads to romance and despair.

Short film commissioned by Channel 4’s Random Acts & featured in Late Night Work Club Vol. II

Awards & Film Festival Selections

Best Animated Short, SXSW, Austin, USA, 2017
Grand Prix, Countryside Animafest Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2017
Featured in Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors’ Showcase, Cannes Lion, 2017
Public Award, Les Sommets du Cinéma d’Animation, Montreal, Canada, 2016
Special Jury Award, Les Sommets du Cinéma d’Animation, Montreal, Canada, 2016
Special Mention, Best European Short Film Category, Go Short ISFF, Nijmegen, Netherlands, 2017

Official Selection — Ottawa International Animation Festival, Ottawa, Canada (20 Sept — 24 Sept 2017)
Official Selection — Aesthetica Short Film Festival, York, UK (8 Nov — 12 Nov 2017)
Official Selection — Indie Street Film Festival, New Jersey, USA (26 Jul — 30 Jul 2017)
Official Selection — Festival International du Court Métrage de Lille, Lille, France (24 Sept — Oct 1 2017)
Official Selection — Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh, UK (21 Jun — 2 Jul 2017)
Official Selection — Annecy International Animated Film Festival, Annecy, France (12 Jun — 17 Jun 2017)
Official Selection — La Guarimba Film Festival, Amantea, Italy (7 Aug —11 Aug 2017)
Official Selection — Pictoplasma, Berlin, Germany (10 May — 14 May 2017)
Official Selection — Athens Anim Fest, Athens, Greece (16 Mar — 22 Mar 2017)
Official Selection — Anima, Brussels, Belgium (24 Feb — 5 Mar 2017)
Official Selection — IndieLisboa, Lisbon, Portugal (3 May — 14 May 2017)
Official Selection — Encounters, Bristol, UK (20 Sep — 25 Sep 2016)

Credits

Written, Designed & Directed by: Nicolas Ménard
Pencil Drawings: Manshen Lo
Sound & music: David Kamp
Producer: Claire Cook
Executive Producers at Nexus: Charlotte Bavasso, Chris O’Reilly
Assistant Producer: Rebecca Archer

2D Animation: Anne Lou Erambert, Claudio Salas, Sean Weston, Iris Abols, Nicolas Ménard
3D Animation: Michal Firkowski
Additional Compositing: Andy Hague
Additional Artworking: Alasdair Brotherston, Jean-Baptiste Aziere
Voices: Denis Foley, Aneta Piotrowska
Produced at Nexus Production

Special Thanks to Joe Bichard & Greet Kallikorm