Salmo

Salmo: A Tale of Survival is a 5 min short movie animated by hand introducing the public to the life of an Wild Atlantic Salmon. Through the eye of a salmon, it aims at making us understand the fragility of wild ecosystems, how complex they are and how fast they can lose their stability. 

Script & Animation by Paul Pajot (Coucou Design)
Music composition by Anna Cordonnier
Production by La Méridienne, 

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It's spring in the highlands, and a bright sun starts to spring new life around a slowly-thawing stream. Beneath its cracked surface, lurking in the shadow of a flourishing bank, a young and intrepid salmon is born: Salmo.

One night, under the glow of an ominous moon, Salmo begins a mysterious tranformation that will markthe start of a coming-of-age journey to the glacial confines of the Arttics.