Lussekatt

In the snowy town of Pommedenoix, young Lussekatt struggles to find his calling while his siblings earn their place within the town's Grand Celebration of Lights. While the community celebrates the victory of the Great White Wolf over his brother the Great Dark Wolf, Lussekatt feels a quiet curiosity for the shadows everyone else fears. During a festival crisis, he ventures into the forbidden forest to recover a lost scarf and unexpectedly encounters the Great Dark Wolf. Instead of terror, he finds a moment of profound peace and a sense of belonging. Returning home with transformed ears and tail, echoing the wolf's wild grace, Lussekatt realizes that true harmony requires honoring both light and dark.

Director’s statement
"This adaptation begins with a simple intention: to preserve the emotional essence of the original book while opening it toward new possibilities. Rather than illustrating the story, the film seeks to reinterpret its poetic language into a sensory experience where emotion and transformation drive the storytelling.

Animation is central to this approach. It gives us the freedom to push beyond the original material, allowing the world of the book to be fully embodied, expressive, and immersive, while remaining faithful to its sensibility. What is suggested on the page can unfold at a greater scale, giving shape and depth to the spaces and characters.

At its core, the project stays grounded in the emotional truth of the work: a child's experience of wonder in a world both magical and uncertain. This fragile balance between discovery and introspection guides a reinterpretation where every frame captures the beauty found within both light and shadow."