A Town Called Panic (film)

A Town Called Panic
Belgian theatrical release poster
FrenchPanique au village
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Directed by
Written by
  • Stéphane Aubier
  • Guillaume Malandrin
  • Vincent Patar
  • Vincent Tavier
Based onA Town Called Panic
by Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar
Produced by
  • Philippe Kauffmann
  • Vincent Tavier
Starring
CinematographyJan Vandenbussche
Edited byAnne-Laure Guégan
Music by
  • Dionysos
  • French Cowboy
Production
companies
  • La Parti Productions
  • Coproduction Office
  • Beast Animation
  • Gébéka Films
  • Les Films du Grognon
  • Made in Productions
  • Mélusine Productions
  • RTBF
Distributed by
  • Cinéart (Belgium)
  • Gébéka Films (France)
Release dates
  • 21 May 2009 (2009-05-21) (Cannes)
  • 17 June 2009 (2009-06-17) (Belgium)
  • 28 October 2009 (2009-10-28) (France)
Running time
76 minutes
Countries
  • Belgium
  • France
  • Luxembourg
LanguageFrench
Box office$505,699

A Town Called Panic (French: Panique au village, lit.'Panic at the Village') is a 2009 stop-motion animated fantasy adventure comedy film directed by Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar from a screenplay co-written by Aubier, Patar, Guillaume Malandrin and Vincent Tavier. The film is based on the French-language Belgian animated series and stars the voices of Aubier, Jeanne Balibar, Nicolas Buysse, Véronique Dumont, Bruce Ellison, Fred Jannin, Bouli Lanners, Patar, Benoît Poelvoorde and David Ricci.

The film premiered at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and was the first stop-motion film to be screened at the festival. The film was released theatrically in Belgium on 17 June 2009 by Cinéart and in France on 28 October 2009 by Gébéka Films. The film received generally positive reviews from film critics.