The National Film Board of Canada boasts 4 short films in competition, including Torill Kove’s ‘Maybe Elephants’ and Michèle Lemieux’s latest pinscreen effort, ‘Le tableau,’ alongside ‘Miserable Miracle’ and ‘Corpus and the Wandering,’ as well as a tribute to Portuguese animation with a program of films by Regina Pessoa; Annecy 2024 runs June 9-15.
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) returns to this year’s Annecy International Animation Film Festival with a diverse lineup of 11 productions and co-productions, screening across a range of sections at the event. Four films are official selections for competitions, including Torill Kove’s Maybe Elephants (Mikrofilm/NFB), where it will have its world premiere screening. In addition, Michèle Lemieux will present her latest short, Le tableau (The Painting). The festival runs June 9-15
The NFB at the 2024 Annecy Festival:
Short Films – Official Competition
- Maybe Elephants by Torill Kove (Mikrofilm/NFB, 16 min 43 s) – world premiere
- Le tableau (The Painting) by Michèle Lemieux (NFB, 11 min 56 s) - Animated on the Alexeïeff-Parker pinscreen
- Miserable Miracle by Ryo Orikasa (Miyu Productions/NFB/New Deer, 8 min)
Short Films – Off-Limits Competition
- Corpus and the Wandering by Jo Roy (NFB, 7 min 13 s)
Annecy Classics Section
- Graver l’homme: arrêt sur Pierre Hébert (Scratches of Life: The Art of Pierre Hébert) by Loïc Darses (NFB, 75 min) – feature length documentary
Honorary Cristal:
- Canadian filmmaker Pierre Hébert is to be honored for his 60-year career, including 35 years with the NFB.
Special Programs:
- Choreographies: Animation and Dance 3: LOCA by Véronique Paquette.
NFB Collection - A Tribute to Portuguese Animation
Three co-productions directed by Regina Pessoa:
- Tragic Story with Happy Ending (Folimage/Ciclope Filmes/NFB, 7 min, 2005) - winner of the 2006 Annecy Cristal award
- Kali the Little Vampire (Folimage/Ciclope Filmes/NFB, 9 min, 2012)
- Uncle Thomas: Accounting for the Days (Ciclope Filmes/NFB/Les Armateurs, 13 min, 2019)
Jury Award for a Short Film and Best Original Music Award for a Short Film (Normand Roger) – Annecy 2019
Choreographies: Animation and Dance:
- Pas de deux by Norman McLaren (NFB, 13 min, 1968)
- Carface by Claude Cloutier (NFB, 4 min, 2015)
Jury:
- Award-winning animation filmmaker (and Annecy regular) Claude Cloutier is a jury member at this year’s festival.
Source: National Film Board of Canada
Debbie Diamond Sarto is news editor at Animation World Network.
