Supinfocom student Juliette GrandJonc has released her one minute movie, titled Le General. This dialog-free piece introduces us to a weary war general who is nurtured back to health by a kindly farmer. Very stylish:

On the heels of A Town Called Panic, the 2009 stop-motion film you simply must watch, Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar have adapted, along with Benjamin Renner, Gabrielle Vincent’s book series, Ernest and Celestine. The 80 minute, 2D feature will soon screen at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, and the producers have uploaded a number of French-language clips from the film for your previewing pleasure. You’ll see beautiful water-color world inhabited by bears, mice and lots and lots of candy.

Karina Gazizova produced this brief short during her first year at Gobelins, as part of the Cartooning For Peace project. In La Vida, we watch a newborn travel through life, without being able to shed a particular attachment.

Théo Dusapin and Clément Dartigues have revealed their latest creation from their studies at ECV in France. The CG film, titled Piok, follows an alien’s Earthly adventures after he unfortunately bumps into a very loud chicken.

Jack Bonzom, via Passion Paris, directed this powerful new PSA urging us to act now and bring President of Sudan Omar al-Bashir to court for his crimes.

Frangin is a 5-minute short by Geoffroy Moneyron. We meet a young boy who devises an unconventional way to track down his brother who has gone off to war. The short was produced at EMCA Angoulême.

Calvaire Fruite is a new short from 3 students from Creapôle in Paris. Victor Jardel, Ghayth Chegaar and Eddy Loukil directed this gorgeous piece that lacks an engaging story, but makes up for that with lavish production design.