Special Screenings · 46th Edition
Dandelion's Odyssey
PLANETES
Director
Momoko Seto
Country
France, Belgium
Runtime
1 h 16 min
Language
No Dialogue
Premiere
MENA premiere (Middle East and North Africa)
Synopsis
Dendelion, Baraban, Léonto, and Taraxa are four odd friends, four seeds that once belonged to the same dandelion. Rescued from a nuclear explosion that destroyed the Earth, they find themselves hurled into the cosmos, travelling through planets and constellations.
Screenplay
Momoko Seto, Alain Layrac
Producers
Emmanuel-Alain Raynal, Pierre Baussaron, Emmanuel Chaumet
About the Director
She was born in Tokyo, Japan, before coming to France to study at Le Fresnoy. She works as a director for the CNRS - the national scientific research center - where she makes scientific documentaries. In 2021, she was presented with the CNRS Crystal Award and was awarded by the Fondation Gan for the Cinema in 2022. In parallel, she directs films, including the series Planet (Planet Σ won the Audi Short Film Award at Berlinale in 2015).
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