Reginald de Guillebon

Reginald de Guillebon—now there’s a name that pops up in some pretty unexpected corners of cinema. You might catch his fingerprints all over “Les hirondelles de Kaboul” from 2019, this haunting animated drama set against the suffocating, brutal backdrop of Taliban-ruled Kabul. It’s not your average cartoon, not by a long shot. It’s more like a gut punch, honestly—tracking two couples with their lives twisted up by war, tradition, and the kind of hope that just refuses to die, no matter how bad things get. The animation’s not cutesy at all, it’s raw and almost sketch-like, which weirdly makes everything feel even more real. Then, jump over to “Hollywood on Set,” which is a total gear shift. This one’s a behind-the-scenes series, showing the sausage being made in Tinseltown. Think interviews, film sets, actors half in costume, directors waving their arms around, trying to wrangle chaos into something Oscar-worthy. It’s a peek behind the curtain, for anyone who’s ever wondered how much madness goes into even the most glamorous blockbusters. And if that’s not enough, Reginald had a hand in “Tio Tomás, A Contabilidade dos Dias” too. That’s a poetic, nostalgic animated short from 2019, basically a love letter from a niece to her uncle, who’s lived a quiet, almost invisible life. Every object, every number in his ledger, means something—tiny moments that add up to a lifetime. The style’s dreamy, with a sort of faded, hand-crafted look that makes you want to reminisce about your own family stories. Wild how one guy’s career can stretch from Kabul to Hollywood to the quiet corners of someone’s memory.