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I, Barnabé

Jean-François Lévesque
2020 | 15 min
Stop-motion animation, puppets, and traditional 2D animation

Selections and Awards

  • Craft Award for Best TechniqueOttawa International Animation Festival, Ottawa, Canada (2020)

  • Silver Spike for Best Short FilmValladolid International Film Festival, Valladolid, Spain (2020)

  • Winner - CG Animation Competition Best Short AwardShort Shorts Film Festival & Asia, Japan (2021)

  • Official SelectionAnnecy International Animation Film Festival, Annecy, France (2020)

  • Official SelectionSeoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival (SICAF), Seoul, South Korea (2020)

  • Official SelectionSommets du cinéma d'animation, Montreal, Canada (2020)

  • Official CompetitionTokyo Anime Award Festival, Tokyo, Japan (2021)

  • Nominee - Best Animated Short Canadian Screen Awards (2021)

  • Official SelectionRendez-vous Québec Cinéma (2021)

  • Official SelectionPalm Springs International ShortFest, California (2021)

  • Official SelectionSanta Barbara International Film Festival, California (2021)

More Selections and Awards


SHORT SYNOPSIS


ONE-LINER & TWO-LINER


DESCRIPTION OF ANIMATION TECHNIQUE


INTERVIEW WITH DIRECTOR JEAN-FRANÇOIS LÉVESQUE

Promotional Materials

Clips




Making-ofs





Images













Team


Jean-François Lévesque
Director


Photo




Julie Roy
Executive Producer (NFB)


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Credits

The National Film Board of Canada  presents
With the participation of ARTE France

A film by
Jean-François Lévesque

Produced by
Julie Roy

Direction, Script, Animation, Design
Jean-François Lévesque

Props Fabrication, Illustrations, Set Finishing
Valérie Dupras

Director of Photography, Motion Control Operator
Stephan Ballard

Director of Photography, Lighting R&D
Mathieu Bergeron

Compositing
Mélanie O’Bomsawin
Jean-François Lévesque
Stephan Ballard
Brenda López Zepeda

Script Consultants
Géraldine Charbonneau
Michèle Tougas

Editing
Annie Jean

Sound Design
Olivier Calvert

Music Score
Robert Marcel Lepage

Assisted by
Samuel Desrosiers

Set & Stained Glass Design
Marie Bloch-Lainé

Set Construction
Bertrand Lévesque

Assisted by
Lorraine Demers

Puppet Maker, Mechanisms for Rooster Heads
Brenda Baumgarten

Mechanisms & Skin for Barnabé Heads
Jim Randall

Armature Fabrication
Erik Goulet
Hamish Lambert

Assisted by
Marie Valade

Costume Fabrication
Allison Easson

Additional Props
Dominique Leroux

Puppet Repairs
Valérie Dupras
André Michaud
Carla Veldman

Stop-Motion Animation
Jean-François Lévesque
Valérie Dupras
Patrick Bouchard

Watercolour Animation
Adrien Calle
Catherine Manesse

Watercolour Painting
Valérie Dupras
Jean-François Lévesque

Live-Action Shoot
Stephan Ballard
Yannick Grandmont
Jean-François Lévesque

3D Modeling, Characters
Jean-François Lévesque
Valérie Dupras

Singers
Marie Magistry
Bronwyn Thies-Thompson
Rebecca Bain
Angèle Trudeau
Josée Lalonde
Ghislaine Deschambault
Kerry Bursey
Marcel de Hêtre
Arthur Tanguay-Labrosse
Normand Richard
Yves St-Amant
William Kraushaar

Recording Studios
Tone Studio
Studio 270

Foley
Lise Wedlock

Voice
Marcel Sabourin

Voice Direction
Manon Arsenault

Recording
Geoffrey Mitchell

Mix
Isabelle Lussier

Online Editors
Serge Verreault

Technical Directors
Eloi Champagne
Eric Pouliot

Technical Specialist – Animation
Yannick Grandmont

Technical Coordinator
Jean-François Laprise

Titles
Réjean Myette

Marketing
Geneviève Bérard

Administration
Diane Régimbald
Karine Desmeules

Senior Production Coordinator
Camila Blos

Studio Coordinators
Michèle Labelle
Laetitia Seguin

Production Coordinator
Mélanie O’Bomsawin

Associate Producers
Anne-Marie Bousquet
Jocelyne Perrier
Mylène Augustin

Producer
Julie Roy

Thanks to
Annie Jean
Élodie Ponçon
Jean-Yves Blaquière
Luc Ostiguy
Luce Des Aulniers
Pierre M. Trudeau
Sylvie Trouvé
Keyu Chen
Yannick Grandmont

With the participation of ARTE France
Cinema Department
Short Film Program Manager: Hélène Vayssières
ARTE

With the cooperation of
ARTV

I, Barnabé
Animation Studio
French Programming and Production
Creation and Innovation
www.nfb.ca

© 2020 National Film Board of Canada



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