Meet Cheyenne Canaud-Wallays

Born in 1993, in France

After she learned 2D/3D drawing and graduated at Emile Cohl art school, Cheyenne Canaud-Wallays directed “Whisper’s Sound” (2017), successful in various festivals and screened during Venice’s contemporary art Biennale, at the exhibition “Vita Tua Vita Mea”. She then continued her animation studies at La Poudrière. Her graduation film “Everything’ll Fall Out of Place” (2020), which was selected at prestigious festivals and won the “Best Student Film” award in Rennes French Animation Film Festival.

FILM IN COMPETITION FESTIVAL DU FILM MERVEILLEUX 2024 : My Very Own Footballer!

Year:2024

Runtime:16’20

Production:Caïmans Productions

Country: FRANCE

Synopsis:Sylvie and Karim have given it a lot of thought. At every breakfast and on every walk from the loo to the bathroom. They’re ready to put the money they earned from scrubbing toilets and cleaning up the Bellevue Hotel into Sylvie’s latest aspiration: acquiring a domestic football player.

Credits: Director: Cheyenne Canaud-Wallays Script: Cheyenne Canaud-Wallays, Jullien Gallet Editing: Ann Sophie Wieder Sets: Cheyenne Canaud-Wallays, Salome Charbit Animation: Hippolyte Cupillard, Catherine Manesse, Quentin Marcault, Camille Chao, Mathieu Gerard-Tulane, Laurene Braibant, Jeremie Cousin, Marta Gennari Compositing: Victoria Jardine Music: Deborah Bombard-Golicki, Audrey Ismael Sound editing: Celia Sayaphoum Foley: Claire Andre Mix: Mickael Olivier Voice cast: Valentine Cadic, Claire Dumas, Florence Janas, Hafid F Benamar, Maya Hirsbein, Julien Gallet, Guillaume Jules-Marthe, Nabil Azoufi, Mickael Olivier