(Montreal) The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) announced Monday that four short films that it produced or co-produced will be presented at the prestigious Annecy International Animated Film Festival, including three in official competition.
The famous NFB Alexeïeff-Parker pinscreen this time serves as a canvas for animation filmmaker Michèle Lemieux for her film Tablewhich “revisits the tragic destiny of Queen Marie-Anne of Austria, immortalized in 1652 by the painter Velazquez”.
The NFB has one of only two “Alexeïeff-Parker pinscreens” in operation today in the world and Michèle Lemieux is one of the rare heirs of this animation technique adopted at the Office by Jacques Drouin in the 1970s. Michèle Lemieux had produced with this extremely laborious technique The big one Elsewhere and the small one here in 2012.
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Maybe elephants by Torill Kove
The animated film Maybe elephants, by Torill Kove, is also in the running in Annecy. A previous film by this filmmaker of Norwegian origin living in Canada, The Danish poetwon the Oscar in 2007.
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Miserable miracle by Ryo Orikasa
A third animated film in the running at Annecy, Miserable miracle, by Japanese filmmaker Ryo Orikasa, is co-produced by the NFB. The film, inspired by the poems and drawings of Henri Michaux, notably won the Grand Prize at the most recent Ottawa International Animation Festival, in September 2023.
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Corpus and divine exploration by Jo Roy
Finally, the more experimental film Corpus and divine explorationby filmmaker Jo Roy, is competing in the “Off-Limits” category of the Alpine festival.
The Annecy International Animated Film Festival, created in 1960, will be held this year from June 9 to 15.
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