Short Cuts: James Gray's "We Own the Night"

Short Cuts: James Gray's "We Own the Night" (2026)



Short Cuts: La nuit nous appartient de James Gray

4.8 2026 — —

Director: Martin Bonnin

Cast: Jeanne Tiessé, Martin Bonnin

Animation
A pulse-pounding minute-long animation by Martin Bonnin brings James Gray’s crime drama *We Own the Night* to life. Watch a Brooklyn nightclub manager get dragged into a deadly war between his Russian mob ties and his cop brother, where family loyalty clashes with the law in a race against the dark.

More About This Film

Short Cuts: James Gray's "We Own the Night" is a one-minute animated reinterpretation of James Gray's crime drama We Own the Night. The piece was created for ARTE's Short Cuts format, which invites filmmakers and animators to condense well-known movies into extremely brief visual summaries.

Martin Bonnin turns Gray's 2007 film into a compact animated version, reducing the original's crime-family conflicts and dramatic tension to a sixty-second visual experiment. The project demonstrates how recognizable cinematic themes can be reworked through animation rather than conventional live-action editing.

  • It is part of ARTE's Short Cuts series.
  • Martin Bonnin created the one-minute animated adaptation.
  • The source film, We Own the Night, was directed by James Gray.
  • The Short Cuts version aired as part of ARTE's June 2026 programming.
  • The project has a runtime of approximately one minute.

Where to Watch

The short is associated with ARTE's Short Cuts collection and related ARTE programming.