BLAISE

US Premiere | France | 2026 | Animation, Comedy | 82 min | In French with English subtitles

Directed by: Dimitri Planchon, Jean-Paul Guigue
Written by: Dimitri Planchon, Clémence Lebatteux
Produced by: Alexandre Gavras (KG Productions)
Cinematography: Dimitri Planchon
Original Score: Alexis Pécherman, Denis Vautrin
Film Editing: Jean-Paul Guigue
Cast: Léa Drucker (Carole), Timéo Beasse (Blaise), Jacques Gamblin (Jacques), Nina Blanc-Francard (Joséphine)
International Sales: Best Friends Forever

Synopsis

The Savage family just wants to be loved. Carole bends over backwards to please her new coworkers. Her husband Jacques is convinced everyone thinks he’s a moron. And their sheepish teenage son, Blaise, is a total pushover… Then he meets a girl, and is ready to join the revolution!

Creators’/directors’ bios

A graduate of the École supérieure des arts décoratifs de Strasbourg, comic-strip artists Dimitri Planchon went on to write the graphic novel Jésus et les copains (2005) and the three-volume Blaise series (2009-2012). He subsequently created, animated and co-directed the TV series adaptation of Blaise (2016). He’s also an illustrator for several newspapers, and his art work has been exhibited in Lausanne, Aix-en-Provence and Paris.
Actor/director Jean-Paul Guigue has both directed and voiced characters in the series Blaise (2016), one episode of 50 Shades of Greek (2018), and the animated feature Silex and the City, the film (2024). He also co-directed the series Best Bugs Forever (2019).
Blaise premiered in the ACID parallel section of this year’s Cannes Film Festival, and won the Best Animated Feature award at this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal.