In a desolate landscape, where nature seems more depleted than ever, a vast city awakens and, as it does every morning, springs into action to transform the scarce resources available into an industrial quantity of intoxicating drink, before diving into long night-time festivities. The whole town bustles, except for Mackenzie, a solitary and sensitive being who, that morning, steps out of line as a hungry bear approaches the city.

Anaïs Mauzat dabbles in illustration, animation, sculpture, and puppetry. At the Academy of Visual Arts in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, she trained in stop-motion animation. Her first short film, Racines, was initially just an exercise created during the pandemic. However, it caught attention at international festivals.

Anaïs Mauzat