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Video: Les Bêtes
A mysterious rabbit with a set of magic keys assembles a host of strange creatures to entertain a wicked king and his decadent court in this dark stop-motion animated fantasy inspired by the works of Ladislas Starevich.
“Les Bêtes” is the winner of the 2025 Vimeo Staff Pick Award at Annecy, a prize that combines a festival award and a Vimeo Staff Pick all in one. Check out past winners from festivals around the world here: Vimeo Staff Pick Awards
Running time: 11 minutes
Director/Producer/ Animator: Michael Granberry
Original Score Composed by: Lito Velasco
Visual Effects Supervisor: Cam Leeburg
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This is the type of creation which has me saying, ” How great are those humans” The story line is classical, “evil conquers, and finally the triumph of goodness;” of course I’m interested. However, I found myself focused on the way the artist conveyed the many characters, which (looked like) the use of minimal resources. as compared to more expensive commercial versions, The showing of many details, such as the variety of gazes, the different subtle movements of disgust and disapproval of the characters in this story of decadence. The artist took the story to such a point, that I felt happy when the triumph of goodness arrived. After that came all the many-colored flowers. And finally, the singer finally sang his song. Poor guy was being thrown out during the period of decadence as soon as he opened his mouth! BRAVO, for this fantastic creativity and it’s story telling. Such great humans!
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Thank you, Luz. I love your comments on these pages!
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Muchas Gracias Michael!
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Bad writing, shows I have less oxygen going to my brain.
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What a dizzying array of gestures and fever-dream characters. Making it must have been a labor-intensive hoot. And the final turning of darkness into light nearly stunned my PC’s inner workings into stillness.
It also reminded me of a few faculty meetings I attended.
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Hahahaha. Your faculty meetings were much more entertaining than mine.
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To be serious about the piece, do we have a magic key to unlock our own “kingdom”?
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I’m not sure, Jim. Poetry could be described as my “magic key.” How about you?
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What are my magic keys to unlock the kingdom? Poetry, for sure, much music, and visual art that carries its own magic. I recently blundered into an art exhibit in a library. It featured the artist’s renditions of local green card holders: life size posters on easels of maybe a dozen with just their first names, brief bios, (one, for example, is a female refugee from Afghanistan) and realistic caricatures of their faces. Several had a butterfly instead of a face for reasons left to the people involved. I have never been more stunned in my life by the power of art, amidst the surrounding cruelty. Hopefully it is a key to understanding for viewers.
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How beautiful. Thanks, Jim.
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That was a wild start to my day😂and I probably would not have seen it if you hadn’t posted!
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It’s funny, Ruth, I thought of you when I posted this film. A wild funny innocent expertly-made film. Yes, that’s you.
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