My Life in Versailles

My Life in Versailles (La Vie de château) is an animated short film directed by Clémence Madeleine-Perdrillat and Nathaniel H'Limi and released in 2019, it won the jury prize at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival the same year. This film is starting point of a serie of five 26-minute-long episodes and a children illustrated book.

Plot
As a shy little girl, eight-year-old Violette loses her parents in a bomb attack in Paris. From now on, she will live with her uncle Régis, a maintenance agent at the Palace of Versailles. Violette hates him: she thinks he stinks. So she decides she won't say a word to him. The stubborn little girl and the big bear will tame each other and together get through their grief.

Voice cast

 * Jemma Wilcox as Violette
 * Saul Jephcott as Regis
 * Charlotte Rampling as Geneviève
 * Margeaux Lampley as Olga, parents, kids
 * David Coburn as Mr Angel, funeral Director, guide
 * Owen de la Hoyde as Malcolm
 * Barbara Weber-Scaff as the teacher, parents, kids

Wins
The main awards received by the film include:
 * France - Jury prize for a TV special at the 2019 edition of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival
 * France - Prix de la compétition Jeune Public & Prix Unifrance Jeune Public du Festival international du film en plein air de Grenoble
 * France - Prix des enfants Courts des Petits - Premiers Plans d’Angers
 * France - Best Animated Short Film for Kids - Imaginaria
 * France - Coup de cœur pour une oeuvre audiovisuelle Association Les femmes s’Animent - Festival national du film d’animation
 * France - Réanimania Film Festival : Mention spéciale du Jury Festival Anima • Best Tv & educational Film
 * France - Les enfants terribles de Huy : Coup de Cœur du public - Coup de cœur du jury jeune - coup de cœur de 6NEMA
 * France - Prix du Meilleur Film d’Animation One Country One Film
 * USA - New-York International Children Festival : New York International Children’s Audience Award • NYICFF “Grown-Ups” Best Short Film Award • NYICFF Grand Prize Short Film Award
 * USA - Chicago International Children’s Film Festival : Best TV Award Professional and Children Jury
 * USA - Best Animation Short - Dell-IKFF
 * Germany - Tricks for Kids Award - Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film
 * Portugal - IndieJunior Audience Award
 * Italy - Best animated Short Film for Kids Imaginaria