In a press release dated 22 January, the Académie des César unveils the poster for its 49th awards ceremony :
For this latest evening of French cinema, the Academy has decided to pay tribute to animation and short films, with a still from "La Belle Fille et le Sorcier", a 1992 short film directed by Michel Ocelot. In each of his works, the director of the "Kirikou" saga uses his art and poetry in a unique cinematographic style to fill us with wonder and transport us into dreamlike worlds, through narrative forms that distill messages of peace and tolerance.
For this latest evening of French cinema, the Academy has decided to pay tribute to animation and short films, with a still from "La Belle Fille et le Sorcier", a 1992 short film directed by Michel Ocelot. In each of his works, the director of the "Kirikou" saga uses his art and poetry in a unique cinematographic style to fill us with wonder and transport us into dreamlike worlds, through narrative forms that distill messages of peace and tolerance.