《Matcha Mountain》(Matcha Mountain, temporary translation) short film is online, six Gobelin graduates use dialogue-free animation to tell the story of grandma and balloon dog

Grandma lives alone on Matcha Mountain until an injured balloon dog breaks into her life.《Matcha Mountain》(Matcha Mountain, tentative translation) is a 2026 graduation short film jointly completed by six students from the Gobelins School of Animation in France. It has recently been released through the school's official YouTube channel.

In this story, the mountains are filled with matcha snacks.The balloon dog rescued by grandma also became obsessed with these sweets, and one person and one dog gradually became close friends.The originally lonely daily life has companionship, but new news is coming from the surroundings, and danger is approaching this hard-won stability.

The short film is about six minutes long and has no dialogue.

Soft lines, bright colors and a two-dimensional painting style create the look of this hill.When FirstShowing author Alex Billington introduced the film on October 16, he particularly liked its gentle and cute visual presentation, and reminded it of the tribute animation released last year - Hayao Miyazaki - (Miyazaki, temporary translation).Zijin Chen, who participated in the creation of this one-minute tribute short film, is also one of the directors of Matcha Mountain.

The six directors of this film are Seiya Carpentier, Zijin Chen, Pauline Gisèle Gautschi, Jiamin Li, Yuanxin Ling and Alexane Pierrot-Zago.The work was produced in Gobelin, Paris, and the introduction released by the school on October 15th also confirmed this list of main creators.

The film was distributed by Miyu Distribution, with music by Arthur Dairaine and sound design by Laurent Jimenez.Viewers can access the short film from Gobelins official video page, and the production team also shares relevant information through the Instagram account @matchamountain.gobelins.