BEAUTIFUL MEN

PLAYGROUNDS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

BE, FR, NL | 18 min 30s | Animation

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 (2012), Wildebeest (2017) and Easter Eggs (2020), an animated short film about finding extraordinary things in ordinary places.

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