4 July 2026
Taillell - Can a Lizard Without a Tail Find Love?
A lizard without a tail is not considered the catch of the
year by his peers and so poor Sam, tailless but hungry for a little love, is in
something of a pickle. He is forced to
watch as boy lizard with full tails get the girl, leaving him without a hope in
the world. However, h’s a plucky little guy and with the help of his best
friend, he goes about finding a replacement - from the things we leave behind. Will his new-found prosthetic enable him to discover
love? Or has he really been looking in the wrong places all this time?
This charming animated short was created by a group of ESMA
students as their degree project. It was
directed by Liselotte Allard, Alphonse Année, Margot Brun, Frédéric Dewit, Eva
Dugué, Esther García Fernández, Lourenço Soares and Camille Szostek. Music was
composed by Jeffrey Brice. Sound was by Mickaël Merrheim, José Vicente and
Yoann Poncet. The voices were provided by Liselotte Allard, Eva Dugué, Esther
García Fernández and Frédéric Multier.
