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2023 French film

27

Directed by	Flóra Anna Buda
Written by	Flóra Anna Buda
Produced by	Emmanuel-Alain Raynal Pierre Baussaron Péter Benjámin Lukács Gábor Osváth
Starring	Natasa Stork Ádám Fekete Franciska Farkas Simon Szabó
Production companies	Miyu Productions Boddah
Release date	2023 (2023)
Running time	11 minutes
Countries	France Hungary

27 is a 2023 French-Hungarian animated short film directed by Flóra Anna Buda.

Plot

Alice seeks refuge in her dreams, using them as an escape from her stifling everyday existence. Today, she is turning 27 years old, and she still lives with her parents. After taking psychedelics at a party on a factory roof, she falls off her bike on her way home. Injured and hungover, she is forced to face the realities of her life in the city.

Production

Buda, the writer, director and production designer of the film, has spoken publicly about the autobiographical element in her film, and her intentions to open up conversations about the struggle of young people due to the housing crisis in her home country, Hungary.

Reception

Since its release, the film has been selected in various festivals around the world:

Year	Festivals	Award/Category	Status
2023	Cannes Film Festival	Palme d'Or for Best Short Film	Won
	Cannes Film Festival	Queer Palm for Best Short Film	Nominated
	Sarajevo Film Festival	Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Short Film	Won
	Melbourne International Film Festival	Best Animation Short Film	Won
	Annecy International Animation Festival	Cristal Award for Best Short Film	Won
	Animasyros	Grand Prix	Won
2024	Sundance	Official Selection	Nominated

Accolades

The 11-minute short premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Palme d'Or Award for Best Short Film. The film also won the Cristal Award for Best Short at the 2023 Annecy International Animation Film Festival.

27 has been featured in a number of international film festivals, such as the Toronto International Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, the Sarajevo Film Festival and the Melbourne International Film Festival. The film is also in the official selection for the 2024 César Awards.

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1950s	White Mane – Albert Lamorisse (1953) Blinkity Blank – Norman McLaren (1955) The Red Balloon – Albert Lamorisse (1956) Courte Histoire – Ion Popescu-Gopo (1957) N.Y., N.Y. – Francis Thompson (1959) Zmiana warty – Halina Bielinska & Włodzimierz Haupe (1959)
1960s	La Petite cuillère – Carlos Vilardebo (1961) La Rivière du hibou – Robert Enrico (1961) À fleur d'eau – Alexander J. Seiler & Rob Gnant (1963) Le Haricot – Edmond Séchan (1963) La douceur du village – François Reichenbach (1964) The Price of Victory – Nobuko Shibuya (1964) Nyitany – János Vadász (1965) Skaterdater – Noel Black (1966) Sky Over Holland – John Fernhout (1967) Cîntecele Renasterii – Mirel Iliesiu (1969)
1970s	The Magic Machines – Bob Curtis (1970) Le Fusil à lunette – Jean Chapot (1972) Balablok – Bretislav Pojar (1973) Ostrov – Fyodor Khitruk, Eduard Nazarov & Vladimir Zuykov (1974) Lautrec – Geoff Dunbar (1975) Metamorphosis – Barry Greenwald (1976) The Struggle – Marcell Jankovics (1977) Rowing Across the Atlantic – Jean-François Laguionie (1978) Harpya – Raoul Servais (1979)
1980s	Seaside Woman – Oscar Grillo (1980) Moto perpetuo – Béla Vajda (1981) Merlin ou le cours de l'or – Arthur Joffé (1982) Je sais que j'ai tort mais demandez à mes copains ils disent la même chose – Pierre Levy (1983) Le Cheval de fer – Gérald Frydman & Pierre Levie (1984) Chiri – David Takaichvili (1984) Jenitba – Slav Bakalov & Rumen Petkov (1985) An Exercise in Discipline - Peel – Jane Campion (1986) Palisade – Laurie McInnes (1987) Vykrutasy – Garry Bardin (1988) 50 ans – Gilles Carle (1989)
1990s	The Lunch Date – Adam Davidson (1990) Z podniesionymi rekami – Mitko Panov (1991) Omnibus – Sam Karmann (1992) Coffee and Cigarettes: Somewhere in California – Jim Jarmusch (1993) El héroe– Carlos Carrera (1994) Gagarin – Alexij Kharitidi (1995) Szél – Marcell Iványi (1996) ...Is It the Design on the Wrapper? – Tessa Sheridan (1997) L'Interview – Xavier Giannoli (1998) When the Day Breaks – Wendy Tilby & Amanda Forbis (1999)
2000s	Anino – Raymond Red (2000) Bean Cake – David Greenspan](2001) Esö után – Péter Mészáros (2002) Cracker Bag – Glendyn Ivin (2003) Trafic – Cătălin Mitulescu (2004) Podorozhni – Igor Strembitsky (2005) Sniffer – Bobbie Peers (2006) Ver Llover – Elisa Miller (2007) Megatron – Marian Crisan (2008) Arena – João Salaviza (2009)
2010s	Barking Island – Serge Avédikian (2010) Cross – Maryna Vroda (2011) Sessiz-Be Deng – Rezan Yeşilbaş (2012) Safe – Byoung-gon Moon (2013) Leidi – Simón Mesa Soto (2014) Waves '98 – Ely Dagher (2015) Timecode – Juanjo Giménez (2016) A Gentle Night - Qiu Yang (2017) All These Creatures – Charles Williams (2018) The Distance Between Us and the Sky – Vasilis Kekatos (2019)
2020s	I Am Afraid to Forget Your Face – Sameh Alaa (2020) All the Crows in the World – Tang Yi (2021) The Water Murmurs – Jianying Chen (2022) 27 – Flóra Anna Buda (2023) The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent – Nebojša Slijepčević (2024)

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