- "I lost my body" was rewarded in Cannes and Annecy as well as two César awards.
- If he did not receive the Oscar last January, his other successes confirm the interest of the film and the dynamism of French animation.
- This success signed Jérémy Clapin deserves to continue his fabulous career in video.
Jérémy Clapin had a great adventure with his wonderful animated film I lost my body . This adaptation of a novel by Guillaume Laurant was awarded at the Cannes Critics' Week, the Annecy Festival, the Césars and even competed at the Oscars before being released this Friday on DVD and Blu-ray.
"This success marks an extraordinary contrast to the difficulty we had in editing the film," says Jérémy Clapin at 20 Minutes . After recounting his surprise and his joy at being mentioned at the Oscars in the video above last February, the director returned to his memories after all the ceremonies.
No Oscar but contacts
“We ended up believing a little in this Oscar, recognizes the filmmaker. Especially since, during the ceremony, the applaudimeter was as strong for us as for Toy Story 4 . Alas, it was the film from the Pixar studios that won. "I believe that many of the voters work for American firms and it should not be forgotten that the cinema is also an industry and that they therefore undoubtedly favored Pixar", he analyzes. However, Jérémy Clapin is not unhappy. He has spent two weeks a month since July in Hollywood campaigning for his film, taking the opportunity to fill out his address book. "I am not bitter because I have had nice meetings that will be useful for the future. "
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Two Caesar and a regret
Awarded as best animated film and for the music of Dan Levy, Jérémy Clapin regrets that the regulations of the Académie des César do not allow a film like his to apply for the rank of best first work. "Animation is not yet taken seriously enough," he sighs. Even though the awards for I lost my body demonstrate that adult entertainment has a future. The release of the film on video marks the end of a great adventure. "We are offering a 30-minute making of showing in a very organic way how the film came to be," he said. After his 200,000 visits to France, we want the severed hand and the young man who are the film's heroes are enjoying a new triumph in DVD and Blu-ray.
And after that ?
Legitimately proud to have carried the colors of French animation cinema very high, Jérémy Clapin is now planning to make a film with real shots. "That doesn't mean that I'm giving up animation," he says. I just want to try something else because my cinephilia is not limited to this medium. "If he is discreet about the content of this next project, he admits" dying to get back to work. And we are impatient to see what his future will hold.
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