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15/02/2026

BUTTERFLY awarded at Santa Barbara International Film Festival 🤩

Congratulations to Florence Miailhe for receiving The Best Animated Short Film Award at such a prestigious festival ⭐️

As the Santa Barbara International Film Festival wraps up its 41st edition, the jury has selected this year's winning films.

12/02/2026

09/02/2026

Thank you Colossal 🙌

Florence Miailhe's short animated film is nominated for an Oscar this year, based on the true story of swimmer Artem "Alfred" Nakache.

22/01/2026

🥰🥰 this feeling 🥰🥰

Florence Miailhe is an Academy Awards® Nominee with her animated short film BUTTERFLY 👏

Thank you ⭐

15/01/2026

"Nothing on this year’s Animated Short Film shortlist looks like Florence Miailhe’s Butterfly, and it is a prime example of how animation can transform how we see true life events and the world around us."

Thank you so much The Contending 😍

Joey Moser chats with Florence Miailhe about how she used paint to reveal the story of Alfred Nakache for Oscar-shortlisted film, Butterfly.

13/01/2026

Thank you very much SwimSwam for this Q&A of Butterfly's team - Ron Dyens (producer) and Florence Miailhe (director) !

Papillon is a French animated short film about the life of Jewish French swimmer Alfred Nakache that has made the Academy Awards shortlist.

12/01/2026

💥 EXCLUSIVE 💥

Discover the first piece of artwork created for BUTTERFLY by Florence Miailhe 🦋

Thank you so much cartoonbrew.com for this wonderful opportunity 🌟

Link : https://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/oscar-shortlist-shorts-concept-art-258111.html

11/01/2026

Thank you very much Animation World Network 😁

Painter and animator Florence Miailhe’s hauntingly beautiful hand-painted short was inspired by her dad Jean’s fellow resistance fighter, Jewish French swimmer Alfred Nakache, who competed in the 1936 Berlin Olympics and 1948 London Olympics after surviving imprisonment in Auschwitz, where his w...

07/01/2026

Thank you to Deadline Hollywood for the opportunity to share more about our short film BUTTERFLY 🦋, shortlisted for the Academy Awards® in the Best Animated Short Film category. 🌟

Read the article to dive into the making of the film with Ron and Florence. 🏊‍♂️

French filmmaker Florence Miailhe and Producer Ron Dyens talk about Oscar shortlist film Butterfly, also known as, Papillion.

06/01/2026

MEET FLORENCE MIAILHE 🦋

The talented director behind Butterfly - shortlisted for the Academy Awards® in the Best Animated Short Film category. 🌟

After numerous animated short films, one animated feature, and multiple awards around the world, she now presents Butterfly, the story of Alfred Nakache, a French-Algerian Jewish swimmer who survived deportation and became a symbol of resilience and rebirth. 🏊‍♂️

DID YOU KNOW ?
Since childhood, Florence Miailhe has shared a deep connection with water. This link resonates through her work, even more in Butterfly. As a child, her swimming teacher was Alfred Nakache’s youngest brother. Making the short a universal and personal story.

Discover with this post the acclaimed director through her career and her animated films. 🍿