Café Joyeux - 47

This is the story of our character’s journey through several moments in his life, and despite the bumpy waves, it’s a journey he will never forget, ending up in Café Joyeux, an inclusive workplace for extraordinary people.

It's a very special project to us, with a very sensitive and inspiring story to tell in a playful way. Our goal was to create an animation with simplicity and elegance in an aesthetic design. All that combines with the empathetic content, bringing the viewer closer to the experience of the IDD community and giving everyone a glimpse of their lives.

We had about 130 artists at Zombie Studio working in production (the characters and sets were handmade) and post-production brought the stop-motion animation to life. Many puppets were created, including 11 versions of Robert, made of steel and aluminum (for the skeleton), coated with foam, silicone and finalized with resin 3D printing. varying from 10.2cm-20cm in height, from age five to 47 - from which 3 made it to the cut), and 8 miniature sets (such as Café Joyeux’s trademark storefront and interior – with around 400 props such as tiny props, like croissants, coffee cups, and chairs).

We are so proud of the result and our collaboration with Klick Health and Canja Audio Culture.