The Songbird’s Secret

Tue 18 Nov
School Activities

Watch this French cutout animation film, brought to Ciné Lumière as part of the French Film Festival London 2025.

Programme

12.45 – Screening

The Songbird’s Secret

cert. PG | by Antoine Lanciaux, with Lucie Léontiadis, Anton Souverbie-Giorgis, Marina Le Guennec 2025, 70′, animation, in French with English subtitles

Antoine Lanciaux’s first long feature is a joyful story depicted through the meticulous art of cutout animation. 9 years-old Lucie joins her archaeologist mother Caroline, who is working in the countryside for the holidays. Lucie doesn’t know much about her family history but grabs the occasion to be where her mum grew up to discover more with the help of her new friend Yann. Together they’ll meet mysterious people discover secret passages under a castle, approach an old caravan in the woods. Many leads bringing her closer to her mum’s secrets.

 

14.45 – End of the event

 

Contact

 
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