Shorts by Torill Kove, Michèle Lemieux, Ryo Orikasa and Jo Roy
May 28, 2024 - Montreal - National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
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
- Official Competition: Maybe Elephants (Mikrofilm/NFB) by Torill Kove, Le tableau (The Painting) by Michèle Lemieux and Miserable Miracle (Miyu Productions/NFB/New Deer) by Ryo Orikasa.
- Off-Limits Competition: Corpus and the Wandering by Jo Roy.
- Annecy Classics: Loïc Darses' documentary Graver l'homme: arrêt sur Pierre Hébert (Scratches of Life: The Art of Pierre Hébert), and an Honorary Cristal presented to filmmaker Pierre Hébert.
- Choreographies: Animation and Dance 3: LOCA by Véronique Paquette.
- NFB Collection: three co-productions directed by Regina Pessoa (A Tribute to Portuguese Animation) and two films in the Choreographies: Animation and Dance section, directed by Norman McLaren and Claude Cloutier.
SHORT FILMS - OFFICIAL COMPETITION
Maybe Elephants by Torill Kove (Mikrofilm/NFB, 16 min 43 s) - WORLD PREMIERE
