19th March

19:00

Roxy Cinema 1

NZ premiere

Dandelion, Baraban, Léonto and Taraxa, four dandelion achenes rescued from a succes- sion of nuclear explosions destroying the Earth, find themselves hurled into the cosmos, stranded on an unknown planet, in search of a soil suitable for the survival of their species.

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Dandelion’s odyssey

By Momoko Seto

Adventure, Ecology, Fantasy – France – No dialog – 75 min

Filmmaker short bio

Tokyo-born Momoko Seto studied at the French national con- temporary art school in Le Fresnoy before working as a filmmak- er at the CNRS. In 2021, she won the CNRS Crystal award, the highest distinction for a scientific movie director. In parallel, she directed the series PLANET, comprised of four short films, of écologique et poétique qui mêle notamment animation 3D, prise de vue réelle en macro et timelapses. which PLANET > earned accolades at the Berlin International Film 2025 Planètes, 75′, Semaine de la Critique 2021 – Ojiichan, 35′ Festival in 2015. She was the winner of the Fondation Gan pour le Cinéma prize for her first feature film, Dandelion’s Odyssey, a poetic, eco- logical odyssey combining 3D animation, macro live action foot- age, and time-lapse photography.

2025 – Dandelion’s Odyssey, 75′, Cannes Critics’ Week – Closing Film
2021 – Ojiichan, 35′
2019 – Edgar Morin, un penseur à Paris, 40′
2017 – Planet ∞, 7′
2016 – I don’t want to sleep with you I just want to make you hard, 30′
2015 – Planet Σ, 12′, Audi Short film Award Berlinale
2014 – Arekara – la vie après, 17′
2011 – Planet Z, 9′
2011-II Bacio delle vacche marziane, 10′
2008 – Planet A, 7′
2005 – Le Bilan. 16′