38th edition
17-25 january 2026

Bao

Sandra Desmazières

Image Bao
France
2012 20 min
Bao and his sister are taking the train like every day. It's always a fabulous adventure for them. But this time, everything will be different.
Screenplay : Sandra Desmazières
Image : Sandra Desmazières
Animation : Sandra Desmazières, Jing Wang
Production : Les Films de l'Arlequin– ARTE France
Sandra Desmazières is born in 1978 in Pau. After the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Appliqués of Paris, she studied painting and animation at the Fine Arts University of Barcelona-Spain and graduated from the École des Arts Décoratifs of Paris in 2001, where she directed her gradutation film, Sans Queue Ni Tête. She directed in 2009 her first short film Le Thé de l'oubli, which received the Grand Jury Award at Festival Premiers Plans d'Angers.