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COMBINING
HD LIVE ACTION WITH TRADITIONAL 2D ANIMATION

The Story

The film tells the story of Mrs. Benson, a senior citizen former astronaut candidate for the Apollo 11 mission, who has an obsession: to visit the new Planetarium that just opened 0.53 miles from her boat house.

The film will reveal that Mrs. Benson failed to become an astronaut in the 60's because her medical exam, doctors told her that her heart was too weak to go to the moon (but they told all the women that). Now in the late stage of her life, Mrs. Benson once dream of landing on the moon has been replaced with a new one - walking to the planetarium. To reach her goal, Mrs. Benson will enter a world of Fantazy ...

Trip to the Planetarium Reloaded will be presented at the Short Film Corner
CLICK HERE
Trip to the Planetarium Reloaded is a 15 mn short version of Trip to the Planetarium.

Reviews

When I first viewed this film, I felt as I was walking side by side with Fellini, Dali, and Walt Disney through the Land of Oz, I was fascinated and intrigued form the beginning to the end!
Alvaro, renown illustrator

I finally had a chance to see your short masterwork. It's the most gently outre, whimsically avant, charmingly abrasive film I've seen in years, ant it shoots an arrow straight into my own heart - such a freaking delight, and a breath of fresh air.... Keep it up, keep producting, have an amazing time in Cannes, and keep me abreast of your progress. Brian Felsen, CD Baby President

on the script "It's emotionally moving, poignant and humorous. Your imaginative use of the moving image to advance the story rather than gratuitous use of words, is most exciting" Roy Thinnes, Actor

The Trailer

I was enchanted by this short film. Being of the Apollo generation, so to speak, I was both inspired by hearing the words of President JF Kennedy on the yearning of human exploration and touched by the desire of the woman to reach the planetarium to achieve her dream. The film makes a beautiful statement on the importance of holding onto a dream in your life and what that means for each of us. The birds we encounter along the way are wonderful magical animated creatures that made me laugh - like I would if I was a little child again .. This film is a real New York fairy tale that will touch you in many way! Ed Belbruno, Top 10 influential space thinkers.

Trip to the Planetarium est unique, il nous transporte dans un univers merveilleux avec des moments cocasses de la vie de tous les jours ... Genial ! Severine Peres, Canoe.ca

Festivals & Awards
2009

May, Cannes Film Festival at the Short Film Corner (France)
May, Delray Beach Film Festival (Florida)
March, Honolulu International Film Festival (Hawaii)
received the Silver Lei Award for Excellence in Filmmaking

2008

December, Festival du Cinema de Paris (France)
November, Radar Hamburg Film Festival (Germany)
Aug, Chinh India Kids Film Festival (India)
July, Beijing International Film Festival, Greening the Beige(China)
June received the Bronze Telly Award for Use of Animation

July 1969

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin & Stephanie Batailler

Buzz in the moon scene

Visit www.triptotheplanetarium.com
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Past Films

This was my student film 16 MM

The Story

The film tells the story of the Secret of Happiness :
Hear no Evil, Speak no Evil , See no Evil

Festivals & Awards
2003

Dec, NY State Emerging Filmmakers Series (Rochester)
July, Festival de Cine Internacional Iquique (Argentina)
May, New School University Festival (NYC)
received the School Award for Excellence in Experiental Film
March, The $100 Film Festival of Calgary (Canada)

2002

Dec, The Independent Film Group (NYC)
Nov, GlobalFest, San Bernardino (California)
got Nomination for the Female Director Award
Oct, CMJ Film Festival (NYC)

Films in development

POP UP
by Stephanie Batailler
feature lenght HD Live & Animation film

A cheering comedy & a New York Fairy Tale
for the entire family

looking for producers

The Story

The film takes place in Harlem, New York where residents of an old community Theater/Cabaret are putting their strength together in order to save the theater from
getting into the hands of a tycoon.

Scrennplay contests
2007

Oct, Writer's Network Screenplay & Fiction Competition (Quarter finalist)
Sept, Writemovies.com International writing contest (Semi-Finalist)

a croos between
Fame / Amelie Poulain / The Mighty

Actors wishing list

Gael Garcia Bernal as Philip
Audre Tautou as Josephine
Danny Glover as Mr. Bloch
Leonard Nimoy as Captain of the Firemen
Samuel Lee Jackson as the Reverend
Matt Dilon as Giorgio
Rinko Kikuchi as Kinou
Andre Royo as Christopher
Felicty Huffman as Senator Benson
Danny deVito as Mr. Klein
Jaden Smith as Jack as a boy
John Turturro as Jack's father
as themselves:
Whoopi Goldberg
Savion Glover
Naked Boy
animal:
Alexander, blind dog

Animated Characters

Cupid Angel
Caterpillar
Cardinal (bird)
Pigeons ...........

Originality

The film is a POP UP BOOK that comes to Live Action
combining Live with Animation

The interraction of a multiethnic cast of live characters, a penniless Countess from East Europe, a French Filmmaker, a lonely biracial Mime, a Japanese Opera Singer, a ghost, a blind dog ... with animated characters such as a cupid a training, a caterpillar in search for peace .... find their way into this enchanting tale for the child within about faith and human heart.

for more information
or require a copy of the script
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Can't Buy Them Love
by Damien Black & Stephanie Batailler
feature lenght documentary

The Story

Behind the scenes of the New York Foster care system through the eyes of a Damien Black who spent 17 years in the system.

for more info go to www.cantbuythemlove.com, click here

In the writing stage

Signorina Lombardi
by Stephanie Batailler
a period feature lenght film (based on a true story)

The Story

The film is a journey into the teenage years of Antonietta Lombardi, a poor Italian immigrant who lived in the French Alps during the early stage of the German occupation and spent four years in a college in Rome from 1940 to 1946.

and

New York Masters
by Stephanie Batailler
a comedy/mystery (series)

The Story

A family of private investigators encounter unusual mysteries

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