Making of The Songbirds’ Secret
Schedule
Sunday, February 8, 2026
Run Time: 60 minutes
This event is free!
For this delightful new feature film, the animation team created countless sets and over 2,000 puppets to bring the characters to life and create the countryside where the story takes place. Samuel Ribeyron, set designer of The Songbirds’ Secret, will delve into the process of making the film, his craft and techniques and the choices that the artistic team made to create this ambitious film with paper cut-outs and stop-motion.
The Making of The Songbirds’ Secret will be preceded by the screening of the film at 2pm.
Venue
Event Pricing
Children under seventeen (17) years of age must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian at all times and may not attend events unattended.
Samuel Ribeyron
Samuel Ribeyron is a children’s book author and illustrator, published by several French publishing houses.
He creates his images using cut-paper techniques, notably in the picture book It’s Not Very Complicated, available in the United States through Reycraft, as well as in the graphic novel Puisette and Fragile.
Alongside his publishing work, he is also an art director and visual author for animated films.
He began his animation career in stop-motion on the French–British series Hilltop Hospital. Since then, he has collaborated with Folimage Studios on numerous productions (The Four Seasons of Léon / 4 × 26 min, Operation Christmas / 26 min). More recently, he designed and supervised the creation of the sets for Antoine Lanciaux’s cut-paper animated feature The Songbirds’ Secret.
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