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Death and the Winemaker

A young winemaker creates a wine so exquisite, that even Death demands to taste it. As he learns the awful truth about his bride’s fate, he captures Death in a barrel, ignoring the consequences on the natural order of things.

Director: Victor Jaquier
Time: 0:18:59
Country: Switzerland
Genre: Animation
Year: 2021

Awards Nominations

Clermont-Ferrand short film festival 2022, France
Cleveland International Film Festival 2022, USA
Tirana International Film Festival 2021, Albania
SPARK Animation 2021, USA
Foyle Film Festival 2021, UK
Bogota Short Film Festival 2021, Colombia
Festival du Cin?ma Europ?en de Lille 2022, France
Anima Festival, 2022, Belgium
Journ?es de Soleure 2022, Switzerland
Fantastic Fest 2021, USA
Tiaf - Tbilisi International Animation Festival 2021, Georgia

Director

Victor Jaquier

Born in Lausanne in 1982, Victor Jaquier studied cinema at the Beaux-Arts of Geneva. He likes to explore different techniques, since his short film Cronos and Rhea, which mixes live action and stop-motion. In 2007, he directed an episode for the Canal+ anthology, Sable Noir. Death and the Winemaker is his first hand drawn animation.