The Boy Who Cheated Death
Best Short Animation
Pipou Phuong Nguyen
France,
Animation,
00:05:17
A little boy tries to hide his mother from Death. They embark on a hide-and-seek game as creatures of earth, Death being their relentless predator. Finally, Death becomes the ultimate predator: Time.

Film block:
ANIMATION / ON HUMAN INTERACTIONS
Screening:
Palace of Culture Pernik, Hall 1
- Language
- Country France
- Genre Animation
- Cinematographer Simon Gesrel
- Scriptwriter Pipou Phuong Nguyen
- Producer Maria Markova
- Music Antoine Duchêne
- Editor Pipou Phuong Nguyen
- Year of creation 2025
- Duration 00:05:17

Pipou Phuong Nguyen is a Vietnamese director and animation mixologist based in Paris. Passionate about animation, an art form that has all the arts, she weaves eclectic universes and characters into a Pipou-esque storytelling. She combines 2D/3D animation, stop motion and puppetry; as well as AR / VR projects and oil paintings. She draws on these different mediums to discover new sources of inspiration and live her passion as an artist more intensely.
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