BE, FR, NL | 18 min 30s | Animation
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Winner of the Festival Connexions Award at the prestigious Annecy International Film Festival and screened at numerous other international festivals including Clermont-Ferrand and SXSW, this animated short has captured hearts and minds alike with its peculiar but very touching story.
Three balding brothers travel to Istanbul to get a hair transplant. Stuck with each other in a hotel far from home, their insecurities grow faster than their hair.
The film has recently received an Academy Awards (Oscar) nomination for the Best Animated Short Film category.
Beautiful Men was directed by Belgian director Nicolas Keppens. He studied film and animation at KASK Ghent and perfected his skills at the film academy of Luca School of Arts Brussels. His credits include the short films Superstars, Wildebeest and Easter Eggs, an animated short film about finding extraordinary things in ordinary places.
Beautiful Men is part of our Oscar Shorts selection, featuring acclaimed short films that have captured international festival accolades and redefined the art of short filmmaking.
Director: Nicolas Keppens
Producer: Animal Tank, Miyu Productions, Ka-Ching Cartoons
Animation: Iris ALEXANDRE, Timothée CRABBÉ, Geertrui DE VYLDER, Soetkin VERSTEGEN
Script: Nicolas KEPPENS
Set design: Nicolas KEPPENS
Puppets made by: PEDRI ANIMATION
Cinematography: Maxim HECTORS
Editing: Nicolas KEPPENS
Rendering: VC STUDIOS
Sound design: Nicolas SNYDER, Vivian WILLIAMS
Sound engineer: Jan HESSENS
Sound editor: Jenna TRESIDDER
Mixing: Greg SCHEIRLINCKX
