Sarah Van Den Boom

Sarah Van Den Boom is a French animation film director and co-founder of the Papy3D Productions production company.[1]

Sarah Van Den Boom
Born1975 (age 45–46)
NationalityFrance
OccupationFilm director, screenwriter, animator

Biography

Van Den Boom studied arts in the ESAG Penninghen, then in the animation workshop of the ENSAD in Paris, France. After graduating in 2000, she started the production of her first animation short film, Novecento, pianist, adapted from the famous novel by Alessandro Baricco. She then worked as a technician on animated TV series and short films, before creating several commercials for Acme Filmworks.

In 2009 she directed her second personal film, The Skeleton-Woman, inspired by a famous Inuit story. The film was included in the list of 10 selected short films for the Cesar for the Best Animation Film, 2011.[2]

Her third film, In Deep Waters, co-produced with the National Film Board of Canada, was released in 2015, and won awards in Annecy, in Clermont-Ferrand and in Brooklyn.[3][4][5] It was included in the online My French Film Festival.[6][1] It was included in the list of 12 animation short films selected for the Cesar for the Best Animation Short Film, 2016.[7]

Her last stopmotion film Raymonde Or The Vertical Escape was nominated for the Cesar for the Best Animation Short Film in 2019.[8][9] It won major awards in Leeds, Vila Do Conde, Brooklyn and Brisbane.[10][11][12][13] It also won the French broadcast France Télévisions award in 2019, awarded during the Clermont-Ferrand festival.[14]

Filmography

Short Films
YearTitle of filmRoles
2005Novecento, pianistdirector, screenwriter, art direction, backgrounds and animation
2009The Skeleton-Womandirector, screenwriter, editing, art direction and backgrounds
2015In Deep Watersdirector, screenwriter, editing, art direction, and backgrounds
2018Raymonde Or The Vertical Escapedirector, screenwriter, editing, art direction, sets, puppets and costumes

References
  1. Ben Mitchell. "Interview with Sarah Van Den Boom, director of 'In Deep Waters'". Skwigly.
  2. Nathalie Dassa. "Les courts-métrages en lice pour le César du Film d'Animation 2011". www.cinechronicle.com.
  3. vincy. "Palmarès d'Annecy 2015: le Cristal pour Avril et le monde truqué". ecrannoir.fr.
  4. Julien Privat. "Palmarès de l'édition 2016 du festival du court métrage de Clermont-Ferrand". france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr.
  5. "Brooklyn Film Festival, VIMOOZ". www.vimooz.com.
  6. Emilio Mayorga. "MyFrenchFilmFestival Short Directors: Sarah Van Den Boom". variety.com.
  7. Nathalie Dassa. "Les courts-métrages en lice pour le César du Film d'Animation 2011". www.zippyframes.com.
  8. Stéphane Dreyfus. "Césars : " Raymonde ou l'évasion verticale ", un film tendre et profond sur la solitude". film-animation.blogs.la-croix.com.
  9. Léa Dubois. "César 2019: la liste complète des nominations". www.lefigaro.fr.
  10. "Leeds Short Film Awards 2018: The Winners". www.leedsfilm.com.
  11. "The Fall grabs the main prize at Vila do Conde". cineuropa.org.
  12. "Brooklyn Film Festival's 2019 Awards – Andrea Cordoba's SANCTUARY Wins Grand Chameleon Award". www.vimooz.com.
  13. "BIFF 2019 announces short film competition winner". www.filmink.com.au.
  14. Véronique Provost. "Prix France Télévisions du court métrage". www.francetvpro.fr.
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