The NFB at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2024
ONF @ ANNECY – VERSION FRANÇAISE
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Peut-être des éléphants de Torill Kove – espacemedia.onf.ca/epk/peut-etre-des-elephants
Le tableau de Michèle Lemieux – espacemedia.onf.ca/epk/le-tableau
Misérable miracle de Ryo Orikasa – espacemedia.onf.ca/epk/miserable-miracle-fr
Corpus et l’exploration divine de Jo Roy – espacemedia.onf.ca/epk/corpusexplorationdivine
Graver l’homme : arrêt sur Pierre Hébert de Loïc Darses – espacemedia.onf.ca/epk/graverlhomme
Dossier de presse complet ONF@Annecy2024 ici.
The National Film Board of Canada will take part in this year’s Annecy International Animation Film Festival(June 9–15) with a strong, diverse lineup of 11 productions and co-productions, screening across a wide range of sections at the event. Four films have been selected for various competitions, including Torill Kove’s Maybe Elephants (Mikrofilm/NFB), which will be having its world premiere. In addition, Michèle Lemieux, a virtuoso with the Alexeïeff-Parker pinscreen, will present her latest short, Le tableau (The Painting).
The festival will also be presenting an Honorary Cristal award to filmmaker Pierre Hébert to mark his 60-year career.
The NFB at the 2024 Annecy Festival
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Ticketing
Maybe Elephants
Short Films – Official Competition 2
2024 | 16 min 43 s
Three rebellious teenage daughters, a restless mother, a father struggling with potatoes, and maybe some elephants, find themselves in Nairobi. What could possibly go wrong?
A film by Torill Kove
A Mikrofilm/NFB co-production
Electronic press kit: mediaspace.nfb.ca/epk/maybe-elephants
SCREENINGS
Le Mikado Novel, Cinéma Novel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/06 | 16h30
Bonlieu, Grande salle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11/06 | 15h30
Cinéma Pathé 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11/06 | 21h30
Cinéma Pathé 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12/06 | 9h00
Auditorium de Seynod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13/06 | 18h30
La Turbine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14/06 | 16h30
Cinéma Pathé 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15/06 | 11h30
Trailer
The Painting
Short Films – Official Competition 3
2024 | 11 min 56 s
A short film made using pinscreen animation, The Painting explores the 1652 portrait of Queen Mariana of Austria by Velázquez. Michèle Lemieux demonstrates incredible mastery of the pinscreen, playing with shadow and light to evoke the tragic fate of Mariana, who was married to her uncle at the age of 14. Both painful and tender, this experimental work is a poem of a film: a meditation on the brutality of institutionalized incest and art’s power to capture the soul.
A film by Michèle Lemieux
NFB production
Electronic press kit: mediaspace.nfb.ca/epk/the-painting
SCREENINGS
La Turbine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/06 | 16h30
Le Mikado Novel, Cinéma Novel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11/06 | 18h30
Bonlieu, Grande salle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12/06 | 15h30
Cinéma Pathé 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12/06 | 21h30
Cinéma Pathé 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13/06 | 9h00
Auditorium de Seynod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14/06 | 18h30
Cinéma Pathé 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15/06 | 14h00
Trailer
Miserable Miracle
Short Films – Official Competition 5
2023 | 8 min
Directed by Japanese filmmaker Ryo Orikasa, the animated short Miserable Miracle was inspired by Henri Michaux’s book of poetry and drawings of the same name, about his experiences with mescaline. The film explores the limits of language and perception, creating connections between sound, meaning, shapes and movement.
A film by Ryo Orikasa
A Miyu Productions/NFB/New Deer co-production
Electronic press kit: mediaspace.nfb.ca/epk/miserable-miracle
SCREENINGS
Cinéma Pathé 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/06 | 9h00
Auditorium de Seynod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11/06 | 18h30
La Turbine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12/06 | 18h30
Le Mikado Novel, Cinéma Novel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13/06 | 18h30
Bonlieu, Grande salle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14/06 | 16h00
Cinéma Pathé 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14/06 | 21h30
Cinéma Pathé 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15/06 | 19h00
Trailer
Corpus and the Wandering
Short Films – Off-Limits Competition
2024 | 7 min
One dancer, one body, one phone. In a time of collective alienation and technological mass control, one woman rediscovers her soul and reclaims her mind. A short, experimental self-portrait composed of 100 video screens, Corpus and the Wandering transcends the walls of a fragmented grid system to uncover the shared humanity in each of us, and our place in the cosmos.
A film by Jo Roy
NFB production
Electronic press kit: mediaspace.nfb.ca/epk/corpusandthewandering
SCREENINGS
Bonlieu, Petite salle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/06 | 11h30
Cinéma Pathé 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11/06 | 15h30
Cinéma Pathé 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13/06 | 11h30
Cinéma Pathé 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13/06 | 21h30
Bonlieu, Petite salle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14/06 | 13h30
Cinéma Pathé 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15/06 | 16h30
Scratches of Life: The Art of Pierre Hébert
Annecy Classics
2024 | 75 min
Employing an arresting black-and-white palette punctuated with animated flourishes, Scratches of Life: The Art of Pierre Hébert unwinds the thread of the scratch-on-film technique, guiding us through the inspiring labyrinth of the celebrated animator’s life and work. Loïc Darses captures the imprint of an extraordinary artist who continues to create to this day, striving to share his vision of new forms of life.
A film by Loïc Darses
NFB production
Electronic press kit: mediaspace.nfb.ca/epk/scratchesoflife
SCREENINGS
Bonlieu, Petite salle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11/06 | 17h00
Cinéma Pathé 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13/06 | 15h00
On Tuesday June 11th, the Annecy Festival will take advantage of a screening of the film to present an Honorary Cristal to Pierre Hébert in recognition of the pioneering nature of his work, which has spanned 60 years.
Trailer
LOCA
CHOREOGRAPHIES: ANIMATION AND DANCE 3
2024 | 5 min
A woman finds the path to freedom through the energy of tango.
A film by Véronique Paquette
Producers Marc Bertrand (ONF/NFB), Christine Noël (ONF/NFB)
Executive Producer Christine Noël (ONF/NFB)
Electronic press kit: https://mediaspace.nfb.ca/epk/loca/
SCREENINGS
Bonlieu, Petite salle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/06 | 19h30
Cinéma Pathé 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/06 | 21h30
Cinéma Pathé 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14/06 | 17h30
Trailer
NFB Collection
A Tribute to Portuguese Animation
TRAGIC STORY WITH HAPPY ENDING (2005)
Regina Pessoa, Folimage, Ciclope Filmes, ONF/NFB
Winner of the Annecy Cristal Award for Best Short Film 2006
KALI THE LITTLE VAMPIRE (2012)
Regina Pessoa, Folimage, Ciclope Filmes, ONF/NFB
UNCLE THOMAS: ACCOUNTING FOR THE DAYS (2019)
Regina Pessoa, Ciclope Filmes, ONF/NFB, Les Armateurs
Choreographies: Animation and Dance
PAS DE DEUX (1968)
Norman McLaren, ONF/NFB
CARFACE (2015)
Claude Cloutier, ONF/NFB
Networking
TELEFILM CANADA AND THE NFB INVITE YOU TO A NETWORKING EVENT WITH CANADA
MIFA: Chill Out Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11/06 | 19h
Media Relations
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