DIRECTOR’S WORDS

Mister COK is a tale of modern times, showing us the deeds of a grotesque and placid monster. His childish gibberish and his melancolic smile do not match the shear violence of his acts. A violence made more terrifying by the fact that nobody seems really to care, except a distasteful, shouting, violent character with a red scarf �

This story softly mocks this fools gold, the way public opinions sometimes give their admiration to thiefs and robbers, just because their success is what the public is dreaming about. Any resemblance with existing people is not accidental in any way !

Franck Dion

SYNOPSIS

Mister Cok is the owner of a large bomb factory. Looking for efficiency and profit, he decides to replace his workers by sophisticated robots. The formers stare helplessly at the toil of the robotic labourers. But one of the workers does not accept being discarded so easily...

PRODUCTION NOTES

Mister COK’s production lasted a whole year, during which Franck Dion created the drawings, the sets and sculptures that the movie needed. The movie was animated at the Studio Train-Train, in Lille, North of France. Technically, Mister COK uses the conventions of paper cut-out, with numerical 2D graphics and puppets photographs. Miniatures, built with the help of Zoé Goetgheluck, were used for many sets. Compositing and additional animations were done in Paris. Mister COK is the first movie produced by Papy3D, a new production company founded by a team of animation directors.

THE DIRECTOR

The work of Franck Dion, Mister COK’s director, spans many artistic domains. He’s a renowned illustration painter, working with many book editors and press groups, he designs theatre sets and makes animations for documentary films. In 2003, he has directed The Phantom Inventory, his first film, which earned the Canal J Junior price in the Annecy Festival, a special mention in the Ottawa Animation festival and was nominated for the Cartoon d’or.

BEST ANIMATION FILMNo words festival Bolzano

SECOND PRICEAnimacor 2008

BEST SOUNDLille 2008

SPECIAL MENTIONAvanca 2008

SPECIAL MENTIONLeeds 2008

SPECIAL MENTIONVenise Circuito off 2008

(...) The same goes for a wild and surreal fable about an industrialist whose capitalist ways soon come back to haunt him. A unique style combined with a bitingly satirical edge made this a highlight of an extremely strong programme (...)

Laurence Boyce (fi lmandfestivals.com)

Monsieur Cok manages the diffi cult task of playing a strong political satire card while also being light, comedic and very entertaining and it succeeds brilliantly on all levels thanks to the unique character designs and unusual blend of 2D and 3D animation espoused by director Franck Dion. It kind of ends up being like Lane Smith on acid. As if Lane Smith needs any acid.

Todd Brown (twitchfi lm.net)

FESTIVALS AND SCREENINGS

* Amiens 2008 - ‘Le Monde comme il va’ program* Ankara Festival on Wheels 2008 - Competition* Annecy 2008 - ‘Animation with an Attitude : Work values’ program* Avanca 2008 - Competition* Badalona Filmets 2008 - Competition* Bègles les Nuits Magiques 2008 - Competition* Belfast Cinemagic 2008 - Competition* Bilbao Zinebi 2008 - Competition* Bolzano No Words 2008 - Competition* Bratislava Biennial of Animation 2008 - Panorama* Braunschweig 2008 - Special Midnight program* Brooklyn 2008 - Competition* Compiègne 2008 - Competition* Cordoba Animacor 2008 - Competition* Dervio 2008 - Competition* Espinho Cinanima 2008 - Competition* Forli Sedicicorto 2008 - Competition* Fundao Imago 2008 - Competition* Genzano di Roma I Castellli Animati - Competition* Giffoni Film Festival 2008 - ‘Myths and Maestros’ program* Hiroshima 2008 - ‘Animation for peace’ program* Krok 2009 - Competition* Leeds 2008 - Competition* Lille 2008 - Competition* Lille Festival de l’Acharnière 2008* Louvain (Leuven) 2008 - Competition* Lyon Cinéma Nouvelle Génération 2008 - Competition* Melbourne MIFF 2008 - Competition* Milano Film Festival 2008 - Competition* Moncton FICFA 2008 - Competition* Montecatini FilmVideo 2008 - Competition* Montevideo Divercine 2008 - Competition* Montreal World Films 2008 - ‘Regards sur les cinémas du monde’ program* Odense 2008 - Competition* Rio Animamundi 2008 - Competition* Rome Arcipelago 2008 - Competition* Rouyn-Noranda International film festival 2008 - Espace Video* Singapour Siggraph Asia 2008 - Competition* Sitges 2008 - Competition* Sundance 2009 - Competition* Toulouse Séquence Court-métrage 2008 - Preselection 4* Trebon Anifest 2008 - Competition* Valence Jove 2008 - Competition* Venise Circuito off 2008 - Competition* Villeurbanne 2008 - Competition* Wolverhampton Flip Festival 2008 - Competition

Broadcasts

* Canal + France (2008)

scenario, design and direction : FRANCK DION

original score : PIERRE CAILLET

animators : GILLES CUVELIER, GABRIEL JACQUEL, CLAIRE TROLLÉ

animations made in the STUDIO TRAIN-TRAIN

compositing and numérical painting : SALON CAULAINCOURT

with the voices of GAËTAN GALLIER and MONSIEUR COK

miniatures : ZOÉ GOETGHELUCK

mix : JEAN-MICHEL COLLETwith the help of LE FRESNOY, STUDIO NATIONAL DES ARTS CONTEMPORAINS

production and administration : RICHARD VAN DEN BOOMexecutive production: FRANCK DION

a PAPY3D production coproduced by the CRRAV NORD-PAS DE CALAISand LE FRESNOY

with support from the CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA CINÉMATOGRAPHIE-CONTRIBUTION FINANCIÈRE, in partnership with CANAL + and GTC, and with the help of THE PROJECT

COMPETITION OF THE ANNECY FESTIVAL

9min 45s / 1:85 / color / Dolby sr / without dialogues

The film is available in 35mm / HDcam / BetaSP / DVD

Sales : Papy3d productions, Paris, France - 33 6 03 91 41 79rvdboom@papy3d.com

www.monsieurcok.com