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GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL 2008 - 18.26 July

Sections & Films

TAKING FLIGHT

Category: Edition 2008

Synopsis

A young Brazilian, Paulinho, is sitting on the roof of his brick house in the heights of a Rio favela. He watches a bird hovering in the sky dreamily. Flying is something he has wished for so long. He is going to try the jump that will change his life.

Original Title O VOO
Category Official Competition
Section Troubled Gaze
Tipology Animation, Short Film
Duration 3' 25''
Production Year 2007
Nationality France
Directed by Philippe Diop
Screenplay Philippe Diop
Script Philippe Diop
Music Damien Hansen-Devaux

taking flight regPhilippe Diop

He was born in 1984. He studied Narrative Design and Animation at the French animation school “Ecole Pivaut” and obtained a degree in 2007. He is now working at Alphanim in Vincennes. TAKING FLIGHT is his first short film.

Production
Festival contact
Ecole Pivaut
Gérard Pivaut, 26 rue Henri Cochard, 44000 Nantes - France
phone +33 0240291592
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www.ecole-pivaut.fr