WATER GIRL

Sandra Desmazières / 15 min. / 2025 / France, Netherlands, Portugal / Canary Islands Premiere
Fiction and Animation Short Films 2026

Synopsis

Mia has spent her whole life freediving, fishing and gliding through seaweed and rocks. Time has passed,tracing its lines on her body, and shaping the landscapes around her. Loved ones have vanished. Tonight, Mia remembers.

About the film

DIRECTION: Sandra Desmazières
SCRIPT: Sandra Desmazières
ANIMATION: Sandra Desmazieres, Julia Martinez, Nicolas Liguori, Johann Etrillard, Jeremie Balais, Morgane Perez, Manuel Sacadura
PRODUCTION: Jérôme Barthélemy, Daniel Sauvage, Olivier Catherin
EDITING: Guerric Catala
MUSIC: Manuel Merlot, Cedryck Santens

Sandra Desmazières

Author

Sandra Desmazieres studied at Ecole Duperre, (Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Appliques), then at ENSAD, Ecole Nationale des Arts Decoratifs in Paris, where she discovered animation. Her graduation film, “Sans queue ni tete”, won the 2003 Cartoon d’or. She then directed “Le The de l’Oubli” and “Bao”, produced by Les Films de l’Arlequin and Arte. In 2021, she directed “Flowing Home”, produced by Les Films de l’Arlequin, the ONF and France 3, shortlisted for the Cesar and Oscar awards in 2022. During and between her film projects, Sandra is also an illustrator a colorist.

Filmography

[2025] Water Girl [corto]
[2021] Flowing Home [corto]
[2012] Bao [corto]
[2008] Le thé de l’oubl [corto]
[2001] Sans queue ni tête [corto]