MR. OGRE'S CASTLE
Animated short film
5:29 min | 3D animation | 2K DCI | 2025
PRESS KIT
"During a hot summer day, a group of teenagers enjoys an illicit stay at a luxurious villa while the mysterious owner is away. But when Lisa, a CCTV camera operator, calls ready to inform the police she discovers that Mr. Ogre has something else in mind to spoil the party…"
Inspired by the cruel fairytales of Charles Perrault, Mr. Ogre’s Castle explores the darker sides of the American way of life. With an ongoing gun violence problem and complex racial dynamics, the US has its fair share of strange laws, like the castle doctrine : the right for a home owner to defend their property against trespassers using lethal force. Through an unusual mise en scene using solely virtual home security cameras, experimental animator Maxime Chudeau and metal singer Jules Bouchier-Végis draw the audience into a cold and immersive experience...
Animated short film
5:29 min | 3D animation | 2K DCI | 2025
PRESS KIT
"During a hot summer day, a group of teenagers enjoys an illicit stay at a luxurious villa while the mysterious owner is away. But when Lisa, a CCTV camera operator, calls ready to inform the police she discovers that Mr. Ogre has something else in mind to spoil the party…"
Inspired by the cruel fairytales of Charles Perrault, Mr. Ogre’s Castle explores the darker sides of the American way of life. With an ongoing gun violence problem and complex racial dynamics, the US has its fair share of strange laws, like the castle doctrine : the right for a home owner to defend their property against trespassers using lethal force. Through an unusual mise en scene using solely virtual home security cameras, experimental animator Maxime Chudeau and metal singer Jules Bouchier-Végis draw the audience into a cold and immersive experience...
CIRCVS MAXIMVS
Animated short film
2:43 min | 3D animation | 16:9 | 4K | 2022
"A simulated city crowd lives in total ignorance of their condition, until their creator suddenly manifests itself…"
This short experimental animation mirrors our socio-technological condition to a simulated crowd that acts strangely similar to us. But the real focus of this film is about who controls the cursor and rigs the simulation. As viewers, we are first in this unsettling position as a spectator/demiurge until a character from the simulation reacts and shifts the power dynamics of the virtual world... or do they ? Are you the cursor or the dummy ?
Animated short film
2:43 min | 3D animation | 16:9 | 4K | 2022
"A simulated city crowd lives in total ignorance of their condition, until their creator suddenly manifests itself…"
This short experimental animation mirrors our socio-technological condition to a simulated crowd that acts strangely similar to us. But the real focus of this film is about who controls the cursor and rigs the simulation. As viewers, we are first in this unsettling position as a spectator/demiurge until a character from the simulation reacts and shifts the power dynamics of the virtual world... or do they ? Are you the cursor or the dummy ?
> SMIFF, Seoul, South Korea, 09/28/22
> Animanima Film Festival, Čačak, Serbia, 11/2/22
> Manchester Animation Festival, Manchester, UK, 11/15/22
> Animakom Fest, Bilbao, Spain, 12/16/22
> Stuttgarter Filmwinter Festival, Stuttgart, Germany, 1/13/23
> Animaphix Film Festival, Palermo, Italy, 7/27/23
> Chicago Onscreen, Chicago, USA, 8/29/23
> Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria, 9/6/23
> BLON Animation and Games Festival, Klaipėda, Lithuania, 9/9/23
> Digerati Experimental Media Festival, Denver, USA, 9/14/23 🏆
> Les Instants Vidéo, Marseille, France, 10/22/23
> ROS Film Festival, Elche, Spain, 11/24/23
> CerModern, Ankara, Turkey, 21/1/24
> Sapporo International Art Festival, Sapporo, Japan, 2/4/24
> Animanima Film Festival, Čačak, Serbia, 11/2/22
> Manchester Animation Festival, Manchester, UK, 11/15/22
> Animakom Fest, Bilbao, Spain, 12/16/22
> Stuttgarter Filmwinter Festival, Stuttgart, Germany, 1/13/23
> Animaphix Film Festival, Palermo, Italy, 7/27/23
> Chicago Onscreen, Chicago, USA, 8/29/23
> Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria, 9/6/23
> BLON Animation and Games Festival, Klaipėda, Lithuania, 9/9/23
> Digerati Experimental Media Festival, Denver, USA, 9/14/23 🏆
> Les Instants Vidéo, Marseille, France, 10/22/23
> ROS Film Festival, Elche, Spain, 11/24/23
> CerModern, Ankara, Turkey, 21/1/24
> Sapporo International Art Festival, Sapporo, Japan, 2/4/24
> Animation Nights New York, NYC, USA, 3/19/24
> Kato Science Corner, Katowice, Poland, 3/19/24
> SCI_ART, Ottawa, Canada, 4/7/24
> Bruja Cine Club Xalapeña, Xalapa, Mexico, 4/10/24
> NAC 2024, Bucharest, Romania, 5/31/24
> Fondacioni 17, Prishtina, Kosovo, 6/6/24
> Athens Digital Art Festival, Athens, Greece, 6/16/24
> International Symposium on Electronic Art, Brisbane, Australia, 6/27/24
> Creación y Cultura Digital, Bogota, Columbia, 8/27/24
> Narrar el Futuro Festival, Bogota, Columbia, 9/12/24
> Viborg Animation Festival, Viborg, Denmark, 9/12/24
> Digital Big Screen 360, Trbovjle, Slovenia, 9/18/24
> Patchlab Festival, Krakow, Poland, 10/20/24
> Microwave Int. New Media Arts Festival, Hong Kong, HK, 31/10/24
> Kato Science Corner, Katowice, Poland, 3/19/24
> SCI_ART, Ottawa, Canada, 4/7/24
> Bruja Cine Club Xalapeña, Xalapa, Mexico, 4/10/24
> NAC 2024, Bucharest, Romania, 5/31/24
> Fondacioni 17, Prishtina, Kosovo, 6/6/24
> Athens Digital Art Festival, Athens, Greece, 6/16/24
> International Symposium on Electronic Art, Brisbane, Australia, 6/27/24
> Creación y Cultura Digital, Bogota, Columbia, 8/27/24
> Narrar el Futuro Festival, Bogota, Columbia, 9/12/24
> Viborg Animation Festival, Viborg, Denmark, 9/12/24
> Digital Big Screen 360, Trbovjle, Slovenia, 9/18/24
> Patchlab Festival, Krakow, Poland, 10/20/24
> Microwave Int. New Media Arts Festival, Hong Kong, HK, 31/10/24