Private Project

The Ball of the Cats

A ball of mice... at night. A big cat came and pretend he is dancing but tries indeed to catch a little mouse which enjoys a lot the cat’s game.

  • Andrea Kiss
    Director
    Cheonggyecheon, Le Mulot menteur (The Mouse with a Mouth), The Fairy with the Seven Heads
  • Andrea Kiss
    Writer
    Cheonggyecheon, Le Mulot menteur (The Mouse with a Mouth), The Fairy with the Seven Heads
  • Lionel Grosheny
    Producer
  • Andrea Kiss
    Characters design
  • Andrea Kiss
    Backgrounds
  • Philippe Crozat
    Backgrounds
  • Andrea Kiss
    Image
  • Jean-Philippe Salvadori
    Image
  • Andrea Kiss
    Animation
  • Jean-Philippe Salvadori
    Animation
  • Philippe Crozat
    Animation
  • Cécile Corbel
    Music
  • Simon Caby
    Son
  • Jean-Philippe Salvadori
    Editing
  • Andrea Kiss
    Editing
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Le Bal des chats
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Music Video, Short
  • Runtime:
    2 minutes 33 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 22, 2019
  • Country of Origin:
    France
  • Country of Filming:
    France
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Cinanima International Animation film festival
    Espinho
    Portugal
    November 16, 2019
    World Premiere
    Official Selection International Grand Panorama
  • Lift-Off Sessions January 2020
    Iver Heath
    United Kingdom
    United Kingdom Premiere
  • Moinho Cine Fest
    Matosinhos, Porto
    Portugal
  • First-Time Filmmaker Sessions January 2020
    Iver Heath
    United Kingdom
  • Festival International du Film Court d’Angoulême (FIFCA)
    Angoulême
    France
    France Premiere
  • Plein la bobine - Festival International de Cinéma Jeunes Publics du Massif du Sancy
    La Bourboule
    France
    Young Audience International Competition
  • 43e Festival du Film court en plein air de Grenoble
    Grenoble
    France
    July 1, 2020
    sélection officielle Jeune public
  • 36th Cartoon Club - International Festival of Animation Cinema, Comics and Games
    Rimini
    Italy
    July 15, 2020
    Italian Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Hiroshima International Animation Festival 2020
    Hiroshima
    Japan
    Asia
    Special program “Best of the World”
  • 5th Quito International Film Festival
    Quito
    Ecuador
    Americas
    Children & Youth Section
  • 5th Zinetxikiz Zinemaldia - International Film Festival for Children and Youth
    Bilbao
    Spain
    December 19, 2020
    Spain Premiere
    Official selection, Professi Competition Short films for children + 2 years’ old
  • La Truca, festival internacional de animación 2020
    Cali
    Colombia
    July 31, 2020
    Colombia Premiere
    Official selection, Professional Animated Short Film
  • 4th Chaniartoon 2020 - International Comic & Animation Festival
    Chania
    Greece
    September 11, 2020
    Greece
  • Sugarly Sweet Film Festival 2020
    Schiedam
    Netherlands
    November 19, 2020
    Dutch Premiere
    Official Short Film Selection
  • Ojo Móvil Fest 2020
    Lima
    Peru
    October 19, 2020
    Peru
    Ojo Animado Cortometraje
  • 19th Sommets du cinéma d'animation - Festival international d’animation de Montréal
    Montreal, Quebec
    Canada
    December 1, 2020
    North American Premiere
    Les Petits Sommets, Young Audience section
  • Festimaj
    Sèvremont
    France
    November 3, 2020
    Official Selection
  • Ionian Contemporary Animation Festival ICONA 2020
    Corfu
    Greece
    December 4, 2020
    Official Selection
  • 14th International Children’s Film Festival Bangladesh
    Dhaka
    Bangladesh
    January 30, 2021
    Bangladesh
    Official selection
  • Festival Image par Image - Festival de Cinéma d'Animation du Val d’Oise
    Cergy
    France
    January 14, 2021
    Val d'Oise Premiere
    special program « En Liberté »
  • ICAN/HANNA International Independent Film Festival
    Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
    United States
    April 9, 2021
    United States Premiere
    video-music competition, semi-finalist
  • Festival del Cinema di Cefalù
    Cefalù, Palermo
    Italy
    May 1, 2021
    Sicilia Premiere
    Official selection
  • Regard - Saguenay International Short Film Festival
    Chicoutimi-Saguenay, Québec
    Canada
    June 1, 2021
    Youth Competition
  • International Film Festival Fantasia
    Montréal, Québec
    Canada
    August 5, 2021
    Official Selection
  • Noble International Film Festival And Awards
    Bengaluru, Karnataka
    India
    September 1, 2021
    India
    Official Selection
  • Montreal International Children’s Film Festival - FIFEM
    Montreal, Québec
    Canada
    February 20, 2022
    2 years and more section
Distribution Information
  • Universal Music Group - Polydor
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Andrea Kiss

Born in Budapest in 1973, Andrea Kiss is an animated film director, illustrator and graphic artist.
Graduated from MIE (Hungarian Academy of Crafts and Design in Budapest), she’s working with animation film since 1990. She has been working as an animator in different studios (Aardman, Studio Magica, Studio Ex-ist...) and on numerous independent projects.
She has been directing a lot of short animated films. The most known are The Sink Song (Csap Dal), The Fairy With the Seven Heads (Hétfejű Tündér) and The Mouse with a Mouth (Le Mulot menteur / A Hazudós egér), films which have been selected in many festivals and awarded several times.
Besides, she is involved in many creative activities (drawing, painting, installations, book and music album illustration, posters, object and shadow theater...) and her work has been exhibited in different countries. She is teaching in some fine art and film schools including Belgian national school of visual arts (ENSAV LA Cambre)
She has conducted several courses and workshops around graphic art, animation film, object and shadow theater.
She is currently working on a theater piece mixing shadow and object theater.

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