MAKE Announces Three Winners of the 2025 Animation Thesis Grant
December 6, 2025
WIZZ directing collective Illogic, who just delivered this shiny holiday spot, switch styles completely in the new Christmas spectacular for French supermarket Intermarché, with live-action by DIVINE’s Nadège Loiseau thru Romance Paris.
From WIZZ: “Illogic opted for a visual style reminiscent of children’s book illustrations, bringing to life a charming gallery of characters, including the wolf, who is both endearing and funny.
“For the character designs, the directors turned to illustrator Wiebke Rauers. Her expressive style, paired with an artistic direction deliberately distinct from conventional norms, gives the film a strong graphic signature.”
“The idea was never to make the film completely realistic, but rather to keep the brushstroke spirit and spontaneity of the drawings.”
Illogic: “The idea was never to make the film completely realistic, but rather to keep the brushstroke spirit and spontaneity of the drawings, so the wolf has a naive charm in how he is represented, even in the final render. He’s not perfect, there are accidents and mistakes, but that’s what makes him a unique and beautiful character.
“For the food, we used the same approach, faithfully representing everything that makes a dish appetizing (the shine of the broth, the condensation droplets), while adding an artistic touch that makes the scene less realistic but just as delicious.”
Client: Intermarché
Agency: Romance
President: Christophe Lichtenstein
CD: Alexandre Hervé
Copywriter: Victor Chevalier
Art Director: Julien Bon
Head of TV Production: Émilie Talpeart
TV PAs: Léna Pitault, Marius Even
Live Action Production: DIVINE
Director: Nadège Loiseau
Producer: Capucine Charbonnier
Head of Production: Juliette Gaignaut
Director of Photography: Eric Dumont
PA: Dounia Issa
Animation Production: WIZZ @ QUAD Group
Director: Illogic (Victor Caire, Lucas Navarro, Théophile Dufresne)
Producer: Amanda Stubbs
Production Manager: Lauren Philip
CG Supervisor: Gabriel Grapperon
Head of Production: Yann Nicolas
Storyboard Artists: Benoit Bargeton, Joscha van Deijk
Script Consultant: Jean Marc Bouzigues
Key Character Designer: Wiebke Rauers
Character Designers: Aleksey Baydakov, Kian Kiani
Key Concept Artist: Martin Zahradnik
Concept Artists: Miguel Membréno, Juliette Michel, Tiago Hoisel, Akbar Ibraimov, Charles Di Cocco, Maxime Ferlin
Character Artist Supervisor: Alexandre Mougenot
Character Artists: Maximinien Bougeois, Tristan Gandiel
Rigging Supervisor: Guillaume Ferrachat
Rigging Artists: Flavie Belin, Elodie Renault
Grooming Supervisor: Boris Vatrin
Grooming Artists: Laura Munos, Zoé Guillé
Texturing Artists: Nicolas Fontaine, Magali Vidal-Lapeyre, Carole Favier
Main Modeling Artist: Swann Valenza
Modeling Artist: Lucas Cros
3D Generalists: Sandrine Gimenez, Julia Monti, Abigaïl Rosa
Environment Artists: Mathis Alexandre, Thomas Goubard, Guilhem Bergon Layout Artists: Cécilia Mérot, Michael Raux, Florian Babikian
Animation Director: Benoit Bargeton
Animators: Francesca Casaregno, Yohan Thireau, Cécilia Mérot, Florian Babikian, Thomas Bozovic
CFX Artists: Julien Lefebvre, Marie Herrera
FX Artists: Thomas Coutris, Quentin Costagliola, Quentin Dorner
2D FX Artist: Gabriel Allouch
Lighting Supervisor: Anouk Nedellec
Lighting Artists: Thomas Goubard, Inès Martin
Compositing Supervisor: Lucie Delvaux
Comp & Tools Development: Benjamin Mourges
Compositing Artist: Florian Ojeda Diop
Matte Painters (Bold Brush): Nils Firas, Théo Ribaucour, Lucie Jumel, Pierre Gaux, Nicolas Knoll, Aurélien Roncyr
Matte Painting Artist: Miguel Membréno
Production Coordinator: Sacha Dupeyron
Technical Directors: Frédéric Dewit, Louis Bonnaud
Technical Director Consultant: Alexandre Lerouge
Technical Director Intern: Cyrilan Jalabert
Developer: Maxime Beldjilali
Business Lead Zenith: Galiane de Toumerie
Consulting Director Zenith: Vincent Cheel
Post: WIZZ @ QUAD group
Head of Post-production: Nataly Avellian
Lead Editor: Nicolas Laurouquère
Colorist: Mathieu Caplanne
Post-production Assistant: Victor Rabier
Primary Track (“Le Mal Aimé”) Credits: Claude François, Terry Dempsey, Eddy Marnay, Angèle, Sony Music Entertainment France
Music Composer (“Goose in Love”): Sam Hammi
Additional Music Composer (“The Christmas Remember”): Craig Glidden Additional Music Composers (“Scary Fox”): Sid Sonic, Ryan Gold
Foley Artist: Daniel Gries
Sound Editing / Mixing: Jean-Luc Verschlede, Sylvain Rety
Sound Director: Matthieu Sibony
Voice-over (The Wolf): Fred Testot
Voice-over (Hedgehog): Nader Boussandel
Voice-over (Other): Emmanuel Curtil
