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Film selected for the 65th Venice Film Festival

France-UK / 7’ / Colour / French dialogues / Dolby SR

Written and directed by BIF With Ian FAURE Alain CHOQUET Lucien MOMY Produced by Nicolas SCHMERKIN (Autour de Minuit) & Stephen VENNING (The Mill) Director of Photography : Reynald CAPURRO Sound Design : Jean-Baptiste St-Pol / Dune Sound Music : Raphaël Martinez-Bachel aka Azël Sound Mixing : Guillaume Leriche Produced by AUTOUR DE MINUIT / THE MILL In coproduction with ARCADI With the support of CANAL + and Centre National de la Cinématographie

Press / info Nicolas SCHMERKIN - [email protected] - +336 82 69 30 35

www.bif-pictures.com www.autourdeminuit.com www.the-mill.com

Design by Hacienda Communication

Distribution Autour de Minuit - 21 rue Henry Monnier 75009 Paris - t. +331 42 81 17 28 / f. +331 42 81 17 29 [email protected]

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SYNOPSIS Marc needs the paving stones on which he walks to move, for fear of stepping on the lines. With the help of M.X, he starts a treatment to overcome his phobia…  The film is an illustration of Marc’s psychological state, progressively focusing on the graphic and aesthetic representation of his introspection, while he confronts his inner fears which lie hidden behind his obsessive-compulsive disorder.

DIRECTORS BIOGRAPHY Bif is a directing collective incubated within the studios of The Mill in London. It comprises Fabrice Le Nezet, Francois Roisin and Jules Janaud, all having graduated top of their class from world renowned French animation school Supinfocom. Before the partnership began, this trio of animators had already independently directed award winning graduate films. Raymond, their first short film together as Bif, was selected in more than 70 international festivals (Clermont, Brooklyn, Annecy, Rio de Janeiro, Mexico,…) and won several awards. DIX is their second short film.

2008 DIX by BIF (prod: Autour de Minuit & The Mill) / 7’ 2007 RAYMOND by BIF (prod: Bif & The Mill) / 5’40 2005 DYNAMO by Fabrice Le Nezet, Mathieu Goutte, Benjamin Mousquet (prod : Supinfocom) / 6’ 2005 90° by François Roisin, Raphaël Martinez-Bachel, Jules Janaud (prod : Supinfocom) /9’

AUTOUR DE MINUIT Autour de Minuit is a French film production and distribution company created in 2001 by Nicolas Schmerkin, which aims at supporting projects which are aesthetically innovative and develops original graphic worlds with a solid content. Autour de Minuit has produced so far more than 20 films (among them the multiawarded shorts Obras, Flesh, Dog Days, Carlitopolis Redux, Prof Nieto Show…). Nicolas Schmerkin received in Clermont-Ferrand 2006 the award for the best French producer of the year. The company is now developing its first feature films.

THE MILL The Mill is a world-leading visual effects company and has worked on some of the most memorable visual effects projects (including Ridley Scott’s Gladiator for which they were rewarded with a VFX Oscar). The Mill was also awarded the BTAA Fellowship Award for « outstanding contribution to the production of commercials ». In the quest to nurture and develop the world’s best talent, The Mill has given Bif, three of their very talented french animators, the « creative space » to produce their first short films, Raymond, in 2006.