Synopsis

A trip towards abstraction, as a hypothesis on how mountains might have been formed.

Boris Labbé

After obtaining the DNAP (National Diploma in Visual Arts) at l’Ecole supérieure d’art et de céramique de Tarbes (ESACT), Boris Labbé continued his studies at the EMCA of Angoulême (Ecole des métiers du cinéma d’animation). At the EMCA, he produced Kyrielle, his final film project, which was awarded the Special Jury Award for Graduation Films at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in 2012. He spent a year at the Casa de Velázquez in Madrid. His short film Rhizome (2015), produced by Sacrebleu Productions, has been awarded the Grand Prize at the Japan Media Arts Festival in Tokyo and the Golden Nica Award at the Prix Ars Electronica.