Sick birds
d'Anaïs Tellenne & Zoran Boukherma

France // 2018 // 15′ // HD // Color
Language: French / Subtitles: English, Spanish

Genre: Comedy-drama
Theme: Couple, jealousy, hunting

FINANCING
With the support of the CNC – Aide avant réalisation,
Pre-buy by Arte France
With the support of ADAMI

A screenplay by Anaïs Tellenne and Zoran Boukherma
With Sylvie Le Clanche, Raphaël Thiéry

SYNOPSIS
Marie-Pierre, very self-confident, is nevertheless of an unhealthy jealousy. Since a few months, she cannot satisfy her husband, Jean-Louis. Although he is docile man, she is convinced that he will eventually cheat on her.

FESTIVAL SELECTIONS
FRANCE
– Champs Elysées Film Festival (Paris), June 2018 – FRENCH PREMIERE
– Fifigrot (Toulouse), September 2018
– FIFIB – Bordeaux International Independent Film Festival, October 2018
– Toulouse: Short Film Sequence, November 2018
– Festival Tous Courts d’Aix-en-Provence, December 2018
– Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, February 2019
– Aubagne International Film Festival, March 2019 – Cat. 1
– ÉCU – The European Independent Film Festival (Paris), April 2019 – BEST ACTRESS
– Festival Les Nuits Méditerranéennes du court-métrage (Paris), April 2019
– Festival Concours de Courts (Toulouse), April 2019
– Festival des A Côtés de Lyons-la-Forêt, Oct. 2019
– International Short Film Festival of Aigues-Mortes ECRAN LIBRE, Nov. 2019 – BEST SHORT FILM AWARD FROM THE CITY OF AIGUES-MORTES
– Auch Short Film Festival, Nov. 2019
– The Short Film Festival, Mar. 2020

INTERNATIONAL
– Tübingen-Stuttgart International Francophone Film Festival, November 2018 – INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE
– ASFF – Aesthetica Short Film Festival (York), November 2018
– DaKINO International Film Festival (Bucharest, Romania), March 2019
– Landshut Short Film Festival (Munich, Germany), March 2019
– CortiSonici Film Festival (Varese, Italy), April 2019
– Sunday Shorts Film Festival (London, UK), April 2019 – JURY AWARD
– International Festival of Cine a la Calle (Barranquilla, Colombia), May 2019
– Manlleu Film Festival (Spain), July 2019
– The Portobello Film Festival (London, United Kingdom), Sept. 2019
– Minikino Film Week 5, Bali International Short Film Festival (Indonesia), Oct. 2019
– Braunschweig International Film Festival (Germany), Nov. 2019
– International Usak Winged Seahorse Short Film Festival (Turkey), Dec. 2019
– Bucharest Short Film Festival (Romania), Dec. 2019
– BUNTER HUND – Internationales Kurzfilmfest München, Mar. 2020
– Film Fest Sundsvall (Sweden), Mar. 2020
– Skepto International Film Festival (Italy), Apr. 2020