Private Project

Metaphor

As with every story, every person has two faces. The one we choose to reveal, and the one we keep hidden from view.

The protagonist in this film, uses the avatar and handle 'Fallen God' when accessing social media and virtual worlds. In his virtual journeys, he comes across the mysterious, beautiful and enchanting 'Encre'. Will this encounter turn into a relationship touched by the spark of the infinite? This animated French-Australian film, based on true events that happened 2017 explores the many masks we wear along with the question of identity and relationships in the modern world in all its shapes and forms

  • Jay Jay Jegathesan
    Producer
    iRony, Journey
  • Basile Vignes
    Director
  • Radheya Jegatheva
    Director
  • Basile Vignes
    Writer
  • Basile Vignes
    Key Cast
    "Narrator"
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Metaphore
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Short
  • Genres:
    Sci-Fi, Romance, LGBT, Animation
  • Runtime:
    7 minutes 54 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 3, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    50 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    France
  • Country of Filming:
    Australia, France, India
  • Language:
    French
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Distribution Information
  • 'Jay Jay' Jegatheva Jegathesan
    Country: Australia
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Basile Vignes, Radheya Jegatheva

A graduate of the ecole des Beaux Arts de Paris, Basile Vignes is a Frenchman who lives part of the year in his native France with the other half being in Auroville, India, and has been splitting his time this way for the past 15 years working on documentaries and short film.

His repertoire covers multimedia, mixing traditional art techniques, art video and computer technologies which he extends to experimenting with 2D and 3D animation and virtual worlds. He has a long CV in France and India with various trailers, fashion films, documentaries and long form programmes appearing on French TV channels including TF1, Arte, Fr3, France 2 and Canal+ as well as private and NGO related work in India. He has also created more than 50 corporate and institutional films.

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Director Statement

Metaphor transcends time and space and the borders of nations and even identity. I have known the producer, Jay Jay Jegathesan for close to a decade and had participated in numerous film events he ran over the years. This is the first time we have worked in a partnership though and hence 'Basile-Jegathesan Productions' is born, with Metaphor as the vehicle. There are a lot of challenges of course with me being in France and India and him being in Australia, but in Metaphor, we have managed to transcend the borders of 3 continents to produce something special.