Planet ∑

Synopsis

In PLANET ∑, giant creatures are trapped inside the ice. Submarine explosions provoke a global warming, and a new life begins for animals.
Third piece from the PLANET series, after PLANET A (Locarno 2008) and PLANET Z (Berlinale 2011).

Technical sheet

  • Format: video HD
  • Duration: 11’40 »
  • Year: 2014
  • Director: Momoko Seto
  • Production: Les films de l’Arlequin & ARTE
  • Shooting Format: Photos series
  • Screening Format: DCP
  • Sound Format: Dolby 5.1
  • No dialogues.

Screenings & Festivals

  • Berlinale International Film Festival, official selection in Short film Competition, Berlin [De], feb 5-15th 2015
  • Cube, centre de création numérique [Fr], feb 9 – july 25th 2015
  • Tampere Film Festival [Fi], march 4-8th 2015
  • Mecal – Festival International of Short Film and Animation of Barcelona [Es], march 12 – april 19th 2015
  • Festival de Films de Femmes de Créteil [Fr], march 13-22nd 2015
  • VIDEOFORMES, Clermont Ferrand [Fr], march 18-21st 2015
  • Holland Animation Film Festival, Utrecht [Nl], march 18-22nd 2015
  • Internationale Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg [De], march 18-25th 2015
  • Hong Kong International Film Festival [HK], march 23th april 6th 2015
  • Sonoma International Film Festival, California [usa], march 25-29th 2015
  • 10th Athens Animfest [Gr], march 26 – april 25th 2015
  • Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen [Nl], april 8-12th 2015
  • 26es Rencontres Cinéma-Nature, Dompierre-sur-Besbre [Fr], april 10-12th 2015
  • NexT International Film Festival, Bucharest [Ro], april 15-19th 2015
  • 25th MEDIAWAVE International Film and Music Gathering, Gyor [hu], April 28th – May 2nd 2015
  • Green Film Festival, Seoul [ko], may 7-14th 2015
  • Festival de courts-métrages du Courtivore, Rouen & Mont-Saint-Aignan [Fr], may 13th – june 3rd 2015
  • Mo&Friese Children Short Film Festival, Hamburg [de], june 7-14th 2015
  • Festival international du film d’animation d’Annecy [Fr], june 15-20th 2015
  • International Film Festival ART FILM FEST [Sk], june 19-26th 2015
  • Soirée Ecritures et Formes émergentes de la Scam, Paris [Fr], june 30th 2015
  • 23rd Curtas Vila do Conde IFF [pt], july 4-12th 2015
  • Partie de Campagne(s), le Morvan [fr], july 10-14th 2015
  • Guanajuato International Film Festival [Mx], July 17th -26th 2015
  • International Film Festival Kratkofil, Banja Luka [Bosnia and Herzegovina], July 22-26th 2015
  • Anibar Animation Festival, Peja [kosovo], Aug 20-26th 2015
  • OFF – Odense International Film Festival [Dk], Aug 24-30th 2015
  • Aichi International Women’s Film Festival [jp], sept 1-6th 2015
  • 10th International Festival of Contemporary Animation and Media Art LINOLEUM, Kiev [Ur], sept 1-5th 2015
  • 8th Festival du Film d’Animation de Paris [Fr], sept 9-13th 2015
  • 9th International Short Film Festival Hayah, Panama sept 10-16th 2015
  • 20th Split Film Festival [hr], sept 12-19th 2015
  • Festival International du Court Métrage de Lille [Fr], sept 14-20th 2015
  • 17th FESTCURTASBH (Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival) [Br], sept 18-27th 2015
  • 20th Riga International Film festival 2ANNAS, Riga [Lv], sept 22-27th 2015
  • 18th CinemAmbiente Environmental Film Festival, Torino [It], oct 6-11th 2015
  • Sapporo International Short Film Festival [Jp], oct 7-12th 2015
  • 44e Festival du nouveau cinéma de Montréal [Ca], oct 7-18th 2015
  • TOFUZI International Film of animated films, Batumi [Ge], oct 8th-10th 2015
  • 9th TiSFF, Thessaloniki [Gr], oct 9th-13th 2015
  • Un festival c’est trop court!, Nice [Fr], oct 9th-16th 2015
  • Sedicicorto International Film Festival [It], oct 15-17th 2015
  • Corfu Animation Festival [Gr], oct 15-18th 2015
  • 8th Imagine Science Film Festival, New York [USA], oct 16-24th 2015
  • Tofifest Internation Film Festival, Torun [Pl], oct 18-25th 2015
  • Interfilm Berlin, Green Screen Online Award [web], oct 19 – nov 22nd 2015
  • Chacun son court, Strasbourg [Fr], oct 21-26th 2015
  • Cinémathèque française, Paris [Fr], oct 26th 2015
  • Programmation « Le Jour d’Après », Ciclic Vendôme [Fr], oct 27th 2015
  • The International Festival of Animated Arts « Multivision » St.Petersburg, Russia, nov 1-30th 2015
  • ALTER-NATIVE 23 International Short Film Festival Tirgu Mures [Ro], nov 4th-8th 2015
  • ALCINE – the Alcalá de Henares, Madrid [Es], nov 6th-13th 2015
  • 32nd Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival [De], nov 10th-15th 2015
  • Mecal Chile Festival, Santiago [Chili], nov 10th-15th 2015
  • Interfilm festival, Berlin [de], nov 10th-15th 2015
  • TRANSNUMÉRIQUES – Festival des cultures et émergences numériques- programme Vidéoformes, Mons [Be], nov 11 – dec 12th 2015
  • l’Alternativa 2015 – 22nd Barcelona Independent Film Festival [Es], nov 16th-22nd 2015
  • Shortfilmfestival Cologne Unlimited [de], nov 17th-22nd 2015
  • International animation film festival Animated Dreams [Estonia], nov 18th-22nd 2015
  • Rencontres internationales sciencess et cinémas, Marseille [Fr], nov 21-28th 2015
  • Carthage Film Festival – Berlinale Spotlight [Tu], nov 21-28th 2015
  • « Tu fais quoi pour ta planète? », Maison des Arts de Créteil [Fr], dec 2-3-4th 2015
  • Animateka International Animated Film Festival, Ljublijana [Sl], dec 7-13th 2015
  • 22è Festival national du film d’animation de Bruz [fr], dec 7-13th 2015
  • Prague Short Film Festival [tch], jan 20-24th 2016
  • Festival Les Inattendus, Lyon [fr], jan 22-30th 2016
  • Imagine Science Abu Dhabi [uae], feb 18-20th 2016
  • festival Ciné court animé de Roanne [fr], march 14-20th 2016
  • Imagine Science Paris [fr], june 2-4th 2016
  • Soirée COURT « cadavre exquis » MK2 Lilas, Paris [fr], june 14th 2016
  • 14th Tabor Film Festival – International Short Film Festival [croatia], july 7-10th 2016
  • Mori Art Museum, exhibition « The Universe and Art » Tokyo [jp], july 30th 2016 – jan 9th 2017
  • FICA Cinema ambiante, Cidade de Goias [br], aug 16-22nd 2016
  • the shnit International Short film festival, Bern [ch], oct 5-16 2016
  • the Science Film Festival – Goethe-Institut, Thailand, Cambodia and Burkina Faso, oct 1st – dec 18th 2016
  • Planeta.doc – festival internacional de cinema socioambiental, Santa Catarina [Br], nov 7-12 2016
  • Exhibition Universe and Art » at ArtScience Museum, Singapore, April 1st – July 31th 2017
  • DocuFest kids program [Kosovo], aug 5-13th 2017
  • Sonoma International Film Festival [USA], March 21-25, 2018
  • Serie Mania Lille [Fr], April 27th – May 5th 2018
  • Journées du patrimoine à Nice au Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art contemporain de Nice, [Fr], sept 15th 2018
  • Muséum d’Histoire Naturel, Paris [Fr], sept 29th 2018
  • VIBRANT MATTER at Kino Arsenal, Berlin [De], oct 18th 2018
  • Corsica doc, ajaccio [Fr], oct 24-28th 2018
  • Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur program at Winterthur Nature Museum [CH], Sep 2019
  • VIBRANT MATTER at Art Center Casa Encendida, Madrid [Es], Nov 5-8th 2019
  • Festival International des courts-métrage de de Brest – carte blanche à Olivier Bourbeillon [Fr], Nov 16th 2019
  • Galery Miche Soskin, solo exhibition, Madrid [Es], Nov 21, 2019 – Jan 18, 2020
  • 2ANNAS Riga International Short Film Festival [Lv] – retrospective, Feb 10th – 16th 2020
  • Berlinale – Audi Short Film Award Screening [De], Feb 20th – March 1st 2020
  • Screening « The (In)hospitable World » (program Reframe) at Asian Film Archive (AFA), Singapore, November 25th 2020
  • Hors piste, Centre Pompidou, Paris [Fr], Feb 3rd 2021 (online)
  • Festival de l’histoire de l’Art à Fontainebleau [Fr], June 6th 2021
  • Masterclass at Anifilm, International Festival of Animated Films, Liberec [CZ], June 26th 2021
  • Vestfold Art Centre, [NO], Sept 2nd 2021
  • Kongsberg Art Centre [NO], Sept 7th 2021
  • Go Short « Off The Walls » at Arnhem [NL], Sept 9th 2021
  • 35th Stuttgarter Filmwinter – Festival for Expanded Media [DE], Jan 15th 2022
  • 23rd Triennale Milano — Unknown Unknowns: An Introduction to Mysteries [IT], july 20th 2022 – Jan 20th 2023
  • Program “The Patterned Screen” at M+ Museum in Hong Kong [HK], Jan-March 2023
  • Exhibition WORLD CLASSROOM: Contemporary Art through School Subjects, commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, [Fr], april 19th to sept 24th 20243
  • Exhibition « Coalition » 15 ans d’art et d’écologie, organized by COAL, Gaîté Lyrique, Paris [Fr], april 24th to june 2nd 2024
  • Exhibition « Floating Worlds: From Japonisme to Contemporary Art from Japan » at Les Franciscaines », Deauville [Fr], June 22 – September 22, 2024

Awards

  • Audi Short Film Award at the 65th Berlinale 2015
  • 1st Prize – Experimental animated movie at the 10th Athens Animfest [Gr] 2015
  • Best European Short Art Film at Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen [Nl] 2015
  • Best Sound Design (Prix de la Meilleure Création Sonore) at Rencontres Cinéma-Nature, Dompierre-sur-Besbre [Fr] 2015
  • The Best Experimental Short at Guanajuato International Film Festival [mx] 2015
  • The Best Experimental Short at Kratkofil Plus [Bosnia and Herzegovina] 2015
  • Best Environmental animation at Anibar, [Kosovo] 2015
  • Scientist Award at Imagine Science Abu Dhabi [UAE] 2016

Distribution

  • ARTE court-circuit, feb 13th 2015
  • NHK WORLD – « J-FLICKS », march 25th 2015
  • Tënk, April 2019