The Little One and The Giant / Le Petit et Le Géant / Drobižek in velikan

Isabela Costa (VLAD&co)
2025, France, Brazil, 08’40’’

In an abandoned world, a small rodent wanders in search of life. One day, he discovers a house covered in flowers, a true oasis amidst the ruins. There, he has an unexpected encounter with a giant.

Po zapuščenem svetu tava majhen glodavec, iščoč življenja. Nekega dne odkrije hišo, ovito v cvetje, pravo oazo sredi ruševin. Tam nepričakovano sreča velikana.

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Recommended for children under 14 years old: Yes
Technique: Puppet animation, Object animation, Paint-on-glass, Loose materials animation (sand, coffee, salt, etc.)

Team

Script: Isabela Costa
Animation: Léonie Liefooghe, Laure Menard
Music: Brian Touron
Cinematography: Victor Cazal
Production: Gwendoline Leriche (VLAD&co)
Distribution: Olga Maufoy-Mollaret

Isabela Costa

Brazilian-born and now based in Paris, she is passionate about stop-motion animation. She develops meticulous and poetic cinema, where every frame is crafted with precision. Graduating from the Academia Internacional de Cinema in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, she contributed to numerous productions in Brazil before moving to France in 2018. There, she deepened her work with animated imagery and earned a master's degree in directing at Paris 8 University, where she refined her artistic language.

Find more: @isabeladacosta + vlad_and_co