Scale is a 2022 French animated short film directed by Joseph Pierce. The film debuted at the 2022 Critics Week at Cannes Film Festival and was produced by Melocoton Films (France), in co-production with Bridge Way Films (UK), Endorfilm (Czech Republic) and Ozù Productions (Belgium). Scale has received several nominations and awards, including a nomination for Best British Short Film at the 2022 British Independent Film Awards and winning the Golden Zagreb Award at the 2023 Zagreb World Festival of Animated Films. In August 2022, the film won the Oscar-qualifying award for Best Animation at HollyShorts Film Festival, and became eligible for the 96th Academy Awards. The film is also in the official selection for the 2024 César Awards.
Background The film is an adaptation of the homonymous novella written by Will Self as part of the short story collection Grey Area (1994). Pierce, who read the story as a teenager, felt compelled to adapt the story into an ambitious animated short.
Cast
Sam Spruell as Will Zahra Ahmadi as Eden Evelyn Neghabian Pierce as Edith Minou Neghabian Pierce as Lyla
Plot An opium-addicted father obsessed with the UK highway system narrates his descent into crippling addiction and isolation, and how he lost his sense of scale.
Reception Since its release, the film has been selected for various festivals around the world: YearAwardAward/CategoryStatusRef2022Annecy International Animation Film FestivalCristal AwardHollyShorts Film FestivalBest AnimationBritish Independent Film AwardsBest British Short FilmGuanajuato International Film FestivalBest Animated Short FilmRaindance Film FestivalBest Animated ShortVila do Conde International Short Film FestivalGrand Prize for Best AnimationLes Arcs Film FestivalGrand Prix for Best Short Film2023Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film FestivalAudience AwardCinema Jove - Valencia International Film FestivalMoon of Valencia AwardBrussels International Animation Film FestivalPress Award
References
External links
Official Trailer on YouTube Official Website