Sous la lune

Winner — Best Original Score, Florence Independent Cinema International Film Festival 2026 (Italy)

Winner — Best Original Score, Thilsri International Film Festival 2026 (India)

Winner — Best Music Video, MEI International Film Festival 2026 (India)

Semi-Finalist — Sweden Film Awards 2026 (Sweden)

Semi-Finalist — Luleå International Film Festival 2026 (Sweden)

Honorable Mention (Top 3) — Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival 2026 (Greece)

Honorable Mention — Indo Dubai International Film Festival 2026 (UAE)

Nominee — Reale Film Festival 2026 (Italy)

Sous la lune (Zaravelle's Moonlit Chanson)

Under the moonlight, Zaravelle, a dark elven woman, sings a French chanson of longing, secrecy, and silent sorrow.

Set in a dreamlike nocturnal atmosphere, the film follows the emotional presence of a dark elven woman whose voice drifts between confession and memory. Through delicate lip-sync performance and cinematic moonlit imagery, the work transforms a music video into an intimate art-house experience inspired by French chanson aesthetics.

A poetic short film about loneliness, femininity, and the beauty of unspoken emotions.

  • Pai Chen
    Director
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Sous la lune
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Experimental, Music Video, Short
  • Runtime:
    3 minutes 24 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    April 2, 2026
  • Production Budget:
    100 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Taiwan
  • Country of Filming:
    Taiwan
  • Language:
    French
  • Shooting Format:
    AI Generated / Digital Animation
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
Director Biography - Pai Chen

Pai Chen is an independent filmmaker and AI-assisted creator based in Taiwan, and the founder of Studio Nono.

His work explores the intersection of music, emotion, and emerging creative technologies, blending original vocal performance with AI-driven visual storytelling. Rather than focusing solely on technical spectacle, he approaches filmmaking as a deeply personal and expressive act, treating each project as a singular encounter between creator, character, and audience.

Through works such as Nono’s Sakura Festival and Sous la Lune, he seeks to capture quiet emotional states — longing, hesitation, sorrow, and the fragile beauty of unspoken feelings — through musical narration and poetic visual language.

His ongoing body of work spans music films, narrative experiments, and character-driven pieces, forming an evolving creative universe centered on voice, identity, memory, and digital-era storytelling.

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Director Statement

Sous la Lune was born from a quiet emotional space — the kind of feeling that remains unspoken, yet continues to live within the heart.

Through Zaravelle, I wanted to portray a form of love that does not seek possession, resolution, or even confession. It is a love that chooses silence, distance, and memory. She sings not to be heard by another person, but to give shape to what can no longer be spoken aloud.

The decision to present this work as a French chanson was deeply intentional. French, to me, carries a softness, elegance, and emotional restraint that perfectly mirrors Zaravelle’s inner world. The language itself becomes part of the atmosphere — not merely a means of communication, but a texture of longing and sorrow.

Visually, I approached the film as a moonlit emotional landscape. The ruins, the silver hair, the cold light, and the vast silence are all extensions of the character’s interior state. Rather than telling a linear story, the film invites the audience to inhabit a moment of suspended feeling.

This work is also part of my broader exploration of AI-assisted cinema as an artistic medium. I do not use AI as a novelty or spectacle, but as a collaborative instrument to translate voice, memory, and emotion into visual form.

With Sous la Lune, I hope to create a space where silence itself can be heard.