It’s the story of a tree, a tree like any other. One day, it jumps into a pair of boots and goes off for a walk inviting everyone it meets to follow. Boring everyday life fades as they all skip and dance along happily.
Producers: Nicolas Burlet
Director: Yulia Aronova
Cinematography: Benoît Razy
Writer: Yulia Aronova
Editing: Pauline Coudurier, Hervé Guichard
Sound: Nicolay Kozyrev, Yoann Veyrat
Composer: Lev Splener
Yulia Aronova is a Russian animator, director, screenwriter, and illustrator born in 1983. She received her MFA in animation directing from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) in Moscow, where she also trained in screenwriting. Her films use traditional animation as well as stop-motion, with a highly personal and recognizable style. She is best known for her 2013 short My Mum Is an Airplane, which was Annie-nominated and won Best Animated Short Film at the Toronto International Film Festival. Her other short films include Camilla (2008), One, Two, Tree (2015), and Pompier (2020).