To the Woods (2025 film)

To the Woods
FrenchUne fugue
Directed byAgnès Patron
Screenplay byJohanna Krawczyk
Produced byRon Dyens
Music byPierre Oberkampf
Production
company
Sacrebleu Productions
Release date
  • 14 May 2025 (2025-05-14) (Cannes)
Running time
15 minutes
CountryFrance

To the Woods (French: Une fugue) is a French animated short film, directed by Agnès Patron and released in 2025.[1] The film depicts a woman's hazy and fragmented memories of going into the forest with her brother as a child, becoming increasingly abstract as the film suggests, without ever explicitly depicting, that the brother may have died in the forest.

The film premiered in the Cannes Critics' Week program at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival.[2] It was later screened at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the award for Best Animated Short Film.[3]

References

  1. ^ C.J. Prince, "10 Must-See Short Films at TIFF 2025". The Film Stage, 2 September 2025.
  2. ^ Fabien Lemercier, "Four Europeans to compete in the Cannes Critics’ Week". Cineuropa, 14 April 2025.
  3. ^ Pete Hammond, "‘Hamnet’ Wins Oscar-Predictive Toronto Film Festival People’s Choice Award". Deadline Hollywood, 14 September 2025.