Solid Ground is a poetic and sound-rich travelogue—a personal journal that reveals the thoughts of an expatriate returning to her native land. Employing the rarely used monotype animation technique, Solid Ground reflects the personal experience of discovering different lands and feeling as though one were simultaneously at home and elsewhere.
A film from the Alambic collection, a creative lab by the NFB’s French Program Animation Studio that’s designed for emerging filmmakers.
A film by
Beatriz Carvalho
Producer
Anne-Marie Bousquet
Animation
Beatriz Carvalho
Editing
Mélanie O’Bomsawin
Sound Design and Musical Composition
Stéphanie Hamelin Tomala
Consultant
Claude Cloutier
Voices
Camila Novais
Dave Campbell
Voice Director
Katherine Lauzon
Translation
Helge Dascher
Foley
Sam Mongeau
Sound Recording
Geoffrey Mitchell
Musician
Claude Hurtubise
Re-recording
Jean Paul Vialard
Opening Sequence
Concept
Meky Ottawa
Illustration
Janice Nadeau
Music
Stéphanie Hamelin Tomala
Technical Director
Eric Pouliot
Technical Specialist, Animation
Yannick Grandmont
Technical Ccoordinators
Mira Mailhot
Esther Viragh
Online Editor
Serge Verreault
Graphic Design
Cynthia Ouellet
Studio Coordinators
Laetitia Seguin
Rose Mercier-Marcotte
Administrator
Karine Desmeules
Senior Production Coordinator
Josiane Bernardin
Executive Producer
Christine Noël
Marketing
Nathalie Guérard
Thanks to
Carolina Echeverria, for the inspiration.
Diogo Nii Cavalcanti
Miya Falleiros Nii
Luc Falleiros Nii
Kimi Nii
Bren López Zepeda
Bogdan Anifrani-Fedach
Alambic 1 – Solid Ground
Animation Studio
Programming and Production, French Program
Creation and Innovation
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