Short film

Zibilla

2019 · 26 min

A gentle, colorful animated tale that treats childhood loneliness and belonging with warmth and simple honesty.

Directed by: Isabelle Favez
Genres: Animation, Family
Starring: Lily Demuynck Deydier, Christian Léonard, Annick Lambert

Overview: Zibilla, a young zebra adopted by a couple of horses, is the laughing stock of her new schoolmates. She ends up hating her stripes. When she has her stuffed toy stolen, she takes off without a second thought to look for it and that is where her adventures begin...

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Directed by: Isabelle Favez
Genres: Animation, Family
Starring: Lily Demuynck Deydier, Christian Léonard, Annick Lambert

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
family
coming-of-age
friendship
isolation
Places: school
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: family
Form: animated
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	3
Realism	3
Romance	0
Tension	2
Darkness	2
Complexity	2
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: animation, family
Directed by: Isabelle Favez
Written by: David Bredel, Isabelle Favez, Pierre-Luc Granjon
Starring: Lily Demuynck Deydier, Christian Léonard, Annick Lambert, Arthur Ponsot, Harald Schrott
Music: Frits Standaert, Niels Verheest
Runtime: 26 min
Country: Belgium, France, Switzerland
Languages: French

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