Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Directed by Nathan Engelhardt & Jeremy Spears, "Forevergreen" is one of the most eagerly awaited short films of the year, first shown in the Young Audiences competition at Annecy 2025, it has already scooped several awards including the CANAL+ Junior Jury Prize🌲✨
This silent yet intensely powerful film tells the story of an orphaned bear cub and the tree that becomes his guide. It's an allegory about love, forgiveness and redemption.
💎"Forevergreen" is a visual masterpiece. A 3D film like no other: each frame captures the tantalising warmth of hand-carved wood. Thanks to an in-house pipeline combining Maya, Python and dynamic wobble textures, each frame preserves the wood's natural imperfections, brushstrokes and that handcrafted feel – and yet it's all entirely computer-generated.
This unique aesthetic is the result of Jeremy Spears' expertise, a sculptor before being a director, and the passionate work of 200 volunteer artists over a period of… five and a half years. That's right, five years of evenings, lunch breaks and free time, for a film crafted with faith, patience and an unrelenting love for animation film.
🍃 "Forevergreen" is not only a technical feat, but also a deeply human film. A tale about grace, sacrifice and unconditional love in a world that sorely needs it.
🎬 This Making of is presented as part of our collection in partnership with The Animation Showcase, which brings together films screened at Annecy 2025 and that are now eligible for the Oscar season.
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Directed by Nathan Engelhardt & Jeremy Spears, "Forevergreen" is one of the most eagerly awaited short films of the year, first shown in the Young Audiences competition at Annecy 2025, it has already scooped several awards including the CANAL+ Junior Jury Prize🌲✨
This silent yet intensely powerful film tells the story of an orphaned bear cub and the tree that becomes his guide. It's an allegory about love, forgiveness and redemption.
💎"Forevergreen" is a visual masterpiece. A 3D film like no other: each frame captures the tantalising warmth of hand-carved wood. Thanks to an in-house pipeline combining Maya, Python and dynamic wobble textures, each frame preserves the wood's natural imperfections, brushstrokes and that handcrafted feel – and yet it's all entirely computer-generated.
This unique aesthetic is the result of Jeremy Spears' expertise, a sculptor before being a director, and the passionate work of 200 volunteer artists over a period of… five and a half years. That's right, five years of evenings, lunch breaks and free time, for a film crafted with faith, patience and an unrelenting love for animation film.
🍃 "Forevergreen" is not only a technical feat, but also a deeply human film. A tale about grace, sacrifice and unconditional love in a world that sorely needs it.
🎬 This Making of is presented as part of our collection in partnership with The Animation Showcase, which brings together films screened at Annecy 2025 and that are now eligible for the Oscar season.
#annecyfestival #shortfilm #makingof
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► Website : annecyfestival.com
► Facebook : facebook.com/annecyfestival
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► Tik Tok : tiktok.com/@citedelanimation
► Flickr : flickr.com/photos/94915094@N06
