Ashen Sun

Soleil Gris
Belgium France
2024
Animation
13 min.

Director | Camille Monnier
Script | Camille Monnier
Editing | Santi Minasi
Animators | Anne Huynh, Léa Krawczyk,William Lebrun, Camille Mahé, Camille Monnier
Sound designer | Pascal Bricard
Composer | Fredrika Stahl
Main cast | Sandrine Attard, Gauthier Baillot, Anna Gianforcaro, Nicolas Gonzales, Anaïde Rozam
Producer | Marc Faye
Production company | Novanima Productions

Under a scorching sun, Charlie is bored out of her mind and dreams of going to the seaside. But she’s forced to guard a seedy motel with her cousin Jess, who’s slumped in her deckchair. The two teenagers don’t get along and bicker at every opportunity. On the radio, the monotone voice of a collapsology researcher predicts the imminent end of the world. The pool is empty, the sun is beating down and the tension is mounting: the ecological apocalypse announced on the airwaves suddenly erupts into reality.

 

About the director:

Graduating from EMCA in 2016, Camille Monnier then took part in the collection En sortant de l’école – Paul Eluard, with a facetious and delicate film: Même quand nous dormons. She also collaborates for museums including the BNF and the Fernand Léger museum.