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Death Does Not Exist

Directed by
Félix Dufour-Laperrière

Status World Premiere
Country Canada . France
Original Title La Mort n’Existe Pas
Year 2025
Language French
Genre . Animation
Duration 75min
Distributor UFO Distribution (France). Maison 4:3 (Canada)
Status World Premiere
Country Canada . France
Original Title La Mort n’Existe Pas
Year 2025
Language French
Genre Animation
Duration 75min
Distributor UFO Distribution (France). Maison 4:3 (Canada)
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After a failed armed attack on wealthy landowners, Hélène abandons her companions and flees into the forest. Manon, one of her friends and accomplices, returns to haunt her. Hélène has to revisit her convictions and choices, in a valley where metamorphoses and great upheavals disrupt the natural order of things.

Director

Félix Dufour-Laperrière is a filmmaker, screenwriter and producer. He cofounded Embuscade Films in 2013. After 'Transatlantic' (documentary, 2014), 'Ville Neuve' (animation, 2018) and 'Archipelago' (animation, 2021), he releases in 2025 his fourth feature film 'Death Does Not Exist' which will have its World Premiere in Cannes Directors’ Fortnight.

Cast & crew

CAST

  • Zeneb Blanchet

  • Karelle Tremblay (The Nature of Love)

  • Mattis Savard-Verhoeven

PRODUCERS

  • Embuscade Films (Archipelago, This House)

  • Miyu (Dandelion’s Odyssey, Ghost Cat Anzu, Chicken for Linda!, Blind Willow Sleeping Woman)

Festivals and awards

  • DIRECTORS' FORTNIGHT 2025
  • ANNECY 2025 - COMPETITION
“Brought to life with simple yet frequently stunning animation... It bursts with layers of complex emotion and visceral, vibrant visuals.”

THE WRAP
“Echoes the thematic grandeur of Studio Ghibli’s 'Princess Mononoke'... Visually arresting, 'Death Does Not Exist' is a painting in motion.”
“Finds itself in that same inexplicable realm that makes Miyazaki films tick... Leaving the audience beguiled by its beautiful 2D animation.”
“There is a hallucinogenic quality to the painstakingly hand-drawn animation... A stylised orgy of violence.”