Little Nicholas: Happy As Can Be directed by Amandine Fredon, Benjamin Massoubre will close the Kuandu International Animation Festival which will take place from October 22 – 28, 2023 in Taipei, Taiwan.

Little Nicholas: Happy As Can Be by Amandine Fredon, Benjamin Massoubre – Luxembourg, France | 2022 – 86 minutes
Little Nicholas lives a merry and enriching childhood, misbehaving with classmates in the classroom, stealing the spotlight with friends on the playground, and teasing and bickering with their parents. His mischievous antics drove the adults crazy every day! One, day, miraculously, Nicholas jumped out of the drawing paper and met the artist Sempé and the writer Goscinny, who gave him “life”. Through exchanging stories, the three become close friends who could talk about anything! However, while Nicholas enjoyed his carefree childhood, the two troubled friends struggled to find inspiration for their creations, always burdened by the constraints and worries of adulthood. Thus, beneath the mysterious encounter and emotional bond, Little mischievous Nicholas, the artist Sempé, and the writer Goscinny embark on a journey to find the “source of joy”!

In 1995, the illustrator Jean-Jacques Sempé and the writer René Goscinny established Éditions Denoël and crated the iconic character “Little Mischievous Nicholas.” Their partnership marked a significant moment, filled with warmth and nostalgia, rather than simply being a farewell to the past.

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About Amandine Fredon:
Amandine Fredon came to the cinema through drawing. After studying art, she naturally turned to animation, working mainly at the Folimage studio based in Valence (France) for about fifteen years. Amandine Fredon animated series for television: C’EST BON with French cook Jean Pierre Coffee, ARIOL based on the comics by Emmanuel Guibert and Marc Boutavant, HOW TO DIE CLEVER, adapted from Marion Montaigne’s books for Arte, as well as a commercial based on he books LU CRECE by Anne Goscinny and Catel.

About Benjamin Massoubre:
Benjamin Massoubre discovered the richness and diversity of animation in the Clermont Ferrand Short Film Festiva. This interest quickly became a passion, then a vocation. After studying editing, Benjamin worked as an assistant on live-action films and commercials before finally being able to work on animated projects. First as an assistant editor and then as an editor on various TV series before moving on to feature films with prestigious movies such as LONG WAYT NORTH and CALAMITY, directed by Rémi Chayé, BIG BAD FOX AND OTHER TALES directed by Benjamin Renner and Patrick Imbert, LITTLE VAMPIRE directed by Joann Sfar, Academyn Award Nominee “I LOST MY BODY directed by Jérémy Clapin or THE SUMMITS OF THE GODS directed by Patrick Imbert.

For more information, please visit: https://kdiaf.animation.tnua.edu.tw