3D movie

Swing to the moon

In the heart of the forest, Temi, a mischievous little spider, has an impossible dream: to catch the moon. She is determined to do the improbable to achieve her goal…

Production
2022
Director
  • Marie Bordessoule
  • Chloé Lauzu
  • Adriana Bouissié
  • Vincent Levrero
  • Nadine De Boer
  • Solenne Moreau
  • Elisa Drique
Composer
Dorian Lehmann
Duration
6 min 30

26 international awards

  • Papergames-Starheaven Best Visual Presentation in Short Animation in the Competition Category A – Aniwow – China
  • Youth Prize – Tournus Animation Film Festival – France
  • GENIE Awards for Best Student Film – PIDS – France
  • Toshima City Award at the Tokyo Anime Award Festival – Japan
  • Best Student Film Award at the Underexposed Film Festival NY – USA
  • Audience Award at the CLAC Festival – France
  • Jury Prize at the CLAC Festival – France
  • Jury Prize at CLAP 89 – France
  • Young Audience Award at the Bobine d’Or Festival – France
  • Coup de Cœur Prize at the National Festival of Audiovisual Creativity – France
  • Best Student Short Film Award at the ANIMAYO Festival – Spain
  • Best Student Project Award at SIGGRAPH – USA
  • Caisse d’Epargne Prize at the Télésorbonne Festival – France
  • Award at the BIMIFF Brazil International Moonthly Independent Film Festival – Brazil
  • FESTinha Sub 10 Award at FEST New Directors New Films – Portugal
  • Audience Award at the ANIMAYO Festival – Spain
  • Best Cinematography & Best Visual Effects at the 2D & 3D Animation Film Festival – Italy
  • Best Animation Award at the Belgrade International Film Festival – Serbia
  • Best Short Film Award at the Creative Vision Film Festival – online
  • Kindergarten Audience Award – Festival Court Métrange – France
  • Best Audience Award at the I-CAN Festival – Norway
  • Best Animation Award at the Hercules Film Festival – Spain
  • Best Animated Film Award at the White Appel Festival – Kazakhstan Best Short Film for Young Children Award at the KUKI Festival – Germany
  • Prize at the Nickel Independent Film Festival – Canada
  • Best Animation” prize at the Your Way International Film Festival – Malta

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Temi, a curious and dreamy little spider, has always had a single desire: to reach the Moon.

Fascinated by its mysterious glow above the forest, she will do anything to reach it, even if it means defying her own limits and the world around her.

Temi’s story begins among the branches on a starry night, when the moon can be seen, full and bright.

the little spider Temi, seems to envy this place and very quickly thinks of a way to reach it.

So she climbs, holds on, falls and tries again and again. She even throws up her web to try and catch the moon, but it’s too far away.

Shortly afterwards, a group of fireflies fly past her, soaring into the sky and seemingly showing her the way.

So Temi decides to cling on to their luminous procession and set off with them to fulfil her dream!

But the magic soon wears off as the fireflies come back down to change their path and knock Temi down, leaving her on the ground again in disappointment.


Wandering on the ground, Temi is deceived by mirages that disorientate her.

She starts chasing what is in fact a clover, only to find that it blows away in the wind. Then she thinks she sees the Moon again, only to realise that it’s actually a reflection in the water…

Just when all seemed lost, a bright light surprised her: in the distance stood an immense human structure, like a pedestal on which the Moon rests.

Hope is reborn.

Fuelled by a new energy, she sets off in this direction, only to discover a strange and dangerous world where every step she takes could prove fatal.

Despite the obstacles, Temi decides to climb the building, convinced that the Moon is waiting for her at the top.

But even up there, the star remains distant and elusive. That’s when the wind takes it in a dizzying fall… Before engulfing it in the heart of the structure.

Crushed by the pressure, Temi fainted.

When she opened her eyes again, she was floating weightlessly in front of a porthole, and this time the Moon filled her entire horizon.