Zanzara
In Argentina, during an hemorrhagic fever outbreak, the mosquito Zanzara realizes that she transmitted a highly pathogenic virus to a young girl while biting her.
When Zanzara visit the young girl again, her mom wants to protect the child and sprays some insecticides on the mosquito.
Zanzara is drugged out by the pesticides dive in a weird dream where cells and viruses are alive. Zanzara then understand how science can develop a vaccine for the people infected by mosquito bites, hence no more need to mass murder mosquitoes during outbreaks.
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Boissiere MagaliDirector
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Mikhailova AnastassiaDirector
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Boissiere MagaliWriter
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Mikhailova AnastassiaWriter
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Léa GuitennitKey CastYoung girl
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Audrey LemayKey CastMom
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Lorena Tome-PodertiKey CastMom voice
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Juan Alterto-MondotteKey CastRadio Voice
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Camille LafontaineKey CastSpecial effect and Stop-Motion Compilation
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Sandrine MorauKey CastMontage
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Guillaume FournierKey CastClarinet composition and interpretation
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Boissiere MagaliProducer
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Mikhailova AnastassiaProducer
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Project Title (Original Language):Zanzara
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Project Type:Animation, Documentary, Short, Student
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Genres:Docu-fiction, Stop Motion, Animation
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Runtime:5 minutes
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Completion Date:July 15, 2016
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Production Budget:0 EUR
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Country of Origin:France
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Country of Filming:France
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Language:Spanish
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:Yes
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Festival Les Chercheurs font leur CinemaParis
France
November 26, 2016 -
PhD graduation ceremony of the Pasteur Institute 2016Paris
France
April 12, 2016
The directors, Magali (France) and Anastassia (Russia/Canada) are PhD students that work in the Virology department of the Paris Pasteur Institute. They realized their first short movie, Zanzara, in 2016 to popularize a research project.