Tant Mieux Prod

"An Instant" is a short movie made for France télévision's TV program "En sortant de l'école". This program introduces kids to an author's poem through animation.

Where does a garden go when it has nowhere to go to? A tale about wandering and exile.

From the front room of his apartment a young boy is taken on an extraordinary journey by a big-hearted bird.

10-year-old Firmin Cailloux has been waiting 3 years for his explorer parents to return from at sea. He lives with his aunt in a small cockle fishing village but finds it hard adapting to this humble life. One foggy day, he spots a huge creature in the waves, which is drawn to the sound of the lighthouse's foghorn. Firmin begins to communicate with it, but he keeps this to himself to save the creature from human greed.

A cat with velvet paws is full of love for his elderly mistress, who loves him right back.

At dusk, a very curious assembly attentively observes the choreographed languor of an amphibious dancer.

Bad as a scab and stupid as a serin, the Bengal salsify terrorises his palace. Closely, all he eats does not make him happy: if he sleeps he would badly sleep, if he awakes he would live not much.

Two pebbles meet in an unreal landscape and form a moving friendship. They walk together until they become one. The first part of a collection called “Fresh Out of School”, based on poems on the theme of friendship.

A quite unsual apprenticeship... from day-to-day life to friendship! A lonely Bear would like to instruct himself so he could be smart and connect with others. On the other hand, the Hermit is bored in his cave: he opened up a school but no one signed up. Fortunately, the two of them meet! Passionate about teaching, the Hermit provides the Bear with all his knowledge and patience. But his student is giving him a hard time. Quickly, the Hermit realizes he must drop some of his ambitions and adapt. From the river’s mysteries to the forest’s recipes, the two of them will soon enough leave the academical ways to explore a far more hazardous path, the one of a joyful friendship.

A young dromedary attends its first conference. Its happiness is going to turn into deep disappointment.

A little boy, accompanied by a chickadee, explores a great mystery: the world’s friendship.

Animation based on the poetry of Andrée Chedid. A many-armed deity responds to the worship of kings, priests, dignitaries, jailers, and prisoners with surprising results.

Is a shepherdess of stars a friend of her stars? A journey to the heart of the relationship with oneself and with others.

a film by Valentin Bouré