Cucurbitaceae
Cucurbitacée explores loneliness, desire, and the fundamental need for human connection. Through the inner thoughts of Séraphine, a young woman struggling with isolation, the film blends humour, melancholy, and self-deprecation to celebrate the vital impulse to live, the need to be touched, and, more deeply, the need to be loved. Currently in development, this project is among the ten animated short film projects selected for the CEE Animation Forum in Pilsen, Czech Republic, taking place from 10 to 12 November 2026.
Direction : Zoé Borbé
Technique : 2D, paint scratching
Production : Camera-etc
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The director
Zoé Borbé is an author, director, illustrator, and animation educator. A graduate of the IAD (Institut des Arts de Diffusion), she teaches storyboard and animation at ESA Saint-Luc (Liège and Brussels) and the Haute École Albert Jacquard. After working as an animation facilitator and animator at Camera-etc from 2017 to 2022, she has developed a multidisciplinary practice combining filmmaking, teaching, and illustration, enriched by writing residencies and collaborations across film, theatre, and community arts.