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As the crow flies

A film by Clara Lacombe

Synopsis

Amadou left Guinea Conakry at the age of thirteen. Three years after his departure, he crossed the French border, hidden in the trunk of a car, and bumped into my brother Thibaut, an ornithologist in Grenoble. You said it, you are there faster as the crow flies. Amadou draws and puts into words the epic that saw him cross the desert, sea and mountains to reach France, three years after his departure from Guinea Conakry.

Partners

CNC (FAIA, ADR, Images de la diversité), Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Procirep-Angoa, réseau RASF, Fonds Riace. Cinéastes en résidence, Périphérie

Awards

Shortlisted for the César Awards 2027
Audience and Jury Prize at Autrans Festival 2025
Best Documentary prize at Ouagadougou International Short Film Festival 2025
Best short film prize at Sole Luna Doc Film festival
Best Film Youth Jury prize at TerraDoc festival
Jury prize and Public prize at Des Courts en Hiver Festival
Best Short Film Jury prize and Best Short Film Youth Jury prize at Faito Doc Festival
Best Documentary prize at Torino Underground Cinefest

Technical film summary

Directed by: Clara Lacombe
Written in collaboration with Amadou Diallo
Genre: animated documentary short film
Format: 30 minutes 2D animation and video archives short film
Photo: Clara Lacombe, Amadou Diallo, Thibaut Lacombe
Editing: Julia Brenier Caldera & Clara Lacombe
Sound Editing: Pierre Sauze, Clara Lacombe, Julia Brenier Caldera
Sound: Clara Lacombe
Original score: Antoine Bellanger
Producers: SILEX FILMS - Priscilla Bertin & Judith Nora & LA SOCIÉTÉ DES APACHES - Jean-Baptiste Fribourg

Festival selections

International Abbaye royale de Fontevraud Animation Film Residency 2021
IDFA 2025
Côté Court Pantin 2025
Ouagadougou International Short Film Festival 2025
Autrans Festival 2025
États généraux du film documentaire
Festival national du film d’animation de Rennes
Friss Hús Budapest International Short Film Festival
Silhouette film festival
Mecal Pro, Barcelona International Short and Animation Film Festival
Festival international du film d’éducation d’Evreux
Les Escales Documentaires
International Festival of ornithological film of Ménigoute
Étonnants Voyageurs
Faito DOC Festival
Sole Luna Doc Film Festival
DOXS RUHR
DOC.Coimbra
FINECAA - International Animation New technology and New Expression and Creation
Rencontres du film documentaire de Mellionnec
Cinémondes
Festival Des Courts en Hiver
Helsinki Analog Festival
Torino Underground Cinefest
Timimoun International Short Film Festival
Kinenova International Film Festival
Nouveaux Rêves film festival
Buenos Aires International Film Festival
Alpine international film festival
Aux Écrans du Réel
Regards Singuliers
TerraDoc
Faito Doc Festival
PriMed Festival de la Méditerranée en images
Les Yeux Ouverts
StLouis'Docs