THE POTTER'S DAUGHTER
A potter’s daughter sneaks into her father’s workshop at night to draw the outline of her shadow on a wall. Her drawing comes to life. When the potter discovers them, he becomes so furious that he locks his daughter in one of his pots. She grows old and shrivels up… until she regains freedom of movement ?
Director: Edern Guichard
Producer: Cecile Proust
Original music: Mathieu Dethoor
Sound design: Renaud Denis
Country of origin: France
Duration: 08 minutes 52 seconds
Aspect Ratio: 16/9
Process: Color
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Edern Guichard supervises animation workshops using animation stand and traditional techniques. In 2019, he directed the short film Citadelle for La Rochelle International Film Festival, in collaboration with a group of inmates of Saint-Martin-de-Ré’s prison. The potter’s daughter is his graduation film from EMCA (Ecole des Métiers du Cinéma d’Animation – Angoulême).
