Folimage

Folimage is a French animation studio, based in Bourg-lès-Valence, Drôme, France. It was founded in 1981 by Jacques-Rémy Girerd.^[1] The studio produces animation films for cinema and TV (short films, TV specials and series, feature films). In 1999, the company founded an animation school, La Poudrière, also in Valence.^[2] In 2009, Folimage and La Poudrière moved to La Cartoucherie, a former munitions factory in Bourg-lès-Valence.^[1]

Folimage

Industry	Animation
Founded	1981
Founder	Jacques-Rémy Girerd [fr]
Headquarters	Bourg-lès-Valence, Drôme, France
Key people	Reginald de Guillebon (Director)
Number of employees	63 (2017)
Website	www.folimage.fr

Filmography

Folimage headquarters at La Cartoucherie, Bourg-lès-Valence^[1]

Short length

• L'Eléphant et la baleine (The Elephant and the Whale, 1986), directed by Jacques-Rémy Girerd
• Le Petit cirque de toutes les couleurs (The Little Circus and Other Tales, 1986), directed by Jacques-Rémy Girerd
• Sculpture, sculptures (1988), directed by Jean-Loup Felicioli
• Amerlock (1988), directed by Jacques-Rémy Girerd
• Nos adieux au music-hall (Farewell Musical, 1989), directed by Laurent Pouvaret
• Le Wall (The Wall, 1992), directed by Jean-Loup Felicioli
• Histoire extraordinaire de Mme Veuve Kecskemet (Extraordinary story of Madame Veuve Kecskemet, 1994), directed by Bela Weisz
• Une Bonne journée (A Pleasant Day, 1994), directed by Matthias Bruhn
• Le Moine et le poisson (The Monk and the Fish, 1994), directed by Michaël Dudok de Wit.^[3]
• L'Abri (The Shelter, 1995), directed by Arnaud Pendrié
• Paroles en L'air (Winged Words, 1995), directed by Sylvain Vincendeau
• Le Grande Migration (The Great Migration, 1995), directed by Youri Tcherenkov
• Na kraju zemli (Au bout du monde in French, At the Ends of the Earth, 1999), directed by Konstantin Bronzit^[4]
• Histoire Tragique avec fin heureuse (Tragic Story with Happy Ending, 2005) directed by Regina Pessoa
• Les Conquérants (The Conquerors, 2011) directed by Tibor Bánóczki and Sarolta Szabó aka Domestic Infelicity

Medium length (TV Specials, 26')

• L'Enfant au grelot (Charlie's Christmas, 1998) directed by Jacques-Rémy Girerd.^[5]
• Patate et le jardin potager (Spud and the vegetable garden, 2000) directed by Damien Louche-Pelissier and Benoit Chieux
• L'Hiver de Léon (Leon in Wintertime, 2008) directed by Pierre-Luc Granjon and Pascal Le Nôtre
• Le Printemps de Mélie (Molly in Springtime, 2009) directed by Pierre-Luc Granjon

TV series

• Ariol: 78 episodes, directed by Emilie Sengelin and Amandine Fredon. Broadcasting on TF1 (French channel) in 2009/2010.
• Hilltop Hospital: 5 seasons of 10 episodes, directed by Pascal Le Nôtre
• My Little Planet: 2 seasons of 13 épisodes, directed by Jacques-Rémy Girerd
• Tidbits for Toddlers: 40 episodes, directed by Jacques-Rémy Girerd
• The Joy of Life: 20 episodes, directed by Jacques-Rémy Girerd
• My Donkey: 30 traditional French folksongs, directed by Pascal Le Nôtre
• Michel

Full-length Feature

• Raining Cats and Frogs (La Prophétie des grenouilles, 2003) directed by Jacques-Rémy Girerd.^[6]
• Mia and the Migoo (Mia et le Migou, 2008) directed by Jacques-Rémy Girerd. The film won in 2009 the European Film Award for Best European animated feature film (European Film Academy)
• A Cat in Paris (Une vie de chat, 2010) directed by Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli. Release date in French theaters : 2010 December, 15th. International distribution : Films Distribution, Paris Archived 2010-04-21 at the Wayback Machine. The film received in 2012 a nomination for Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film.^[7]
• Aunt Hilda! (Tante Hilda!, 2014) directed by Jacques-Rémy Girerd.^[8][9][10]
• Phantom Boy (2015) directed by Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli. Release date in French theaters : 2015 October, 14th.