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An enchanting and beautifully crafted animated short, ‘A Story for 2 Trumpets’ tells the tale of a young girl’s evolution into a woman and an artist. Through a series of spellbinding pastel vignettes accompanied by dreamlike music, we are whisked into a surreal world where metaphors and personal experiences melt together. A captivating tale about metamorphosis, adolescence and how the creative process can draw inspiration from all of life’s experiences.
An enchanting and beautifully crafted animated short, ‘A Story for 2 Trumpets’ tells the tale of a young girl’s evolution into a woman and an artist. Through a series of spellbinding pastel vignettes accompanied by dreamlike music, we are whisked into a surreal world where metaphors and personal experiences melt together. A captivating tale about metamorphosis, adolescence and how the creative process can draw inspiration from all of life’s experiences.

Credits

Director
Amandine Meyer
Producer
Emmanuel-Alain Raynal, Pierre Baussaron
Cinematographer
Etienne Bouget, Vladimir Mavounia-Kouka
Editor
Thomas Hardouin
Production Company
Miyu Productions
Distributor
MIYU Distribution
Sound
Matthieu Canaguier
Mixing
Claire Cahu
Music
Chapelier Fou

About the Director

Amandine Meyer
Amandine Meyer is a designer, artist and animator born in Lorraine, France. After spending some years in Berlin, she now lives in Montreuil, near Paris. Her books, including several for children, have been self-published and taken on by various publishing houses. She also collaborates with other artists on video and light projects. Her first comic books were published in the Japanese fanzine ‘UZO’