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An artist’s talk on animation by Regina Pessoa
Friday, February 8, 2019, at 4 p.m.
In partnership with the Sommets du cinéma d’animation, the NFB is pleased to invite you to an artist’s talk by filmmaker Regina Pessoa. This is a golden opportunity, since she’s rarely in town—plus, you’ll be among the first to see excerpts from her new and as yet unreleased film!
Born in Portugal, the acclaimed animator is in Montreal to complete post-production on her latest work, Accounting of the Days. This follow-up to her celebrated trilogy on childhood—A Noite (1999), Tragic Story with Happy Ending (2005) and Kali the Little Vampire (2012)—is her most personal work to date. It’s a powerful, heartfelt ode to her beloved uncle, a quirky loner with a lasting influence on her life, sparking her desire to be an artist.
Engraving may be Pessoa’s signature style as an animator, but here she explores new avenues, rounding out her technical palette with stop motion, drawing and shadow projection on the walls (the walls of her childhood). An ambitious work, both narratively and artistically, Accounting of the Days is intricate and painstaking—in a word: animation at its finest!
During the class, Pessoa will take us behind the scenes to explore the making of this exquisitely crafted, sensitive film.
FREE ADMISSION--Cinémathèque québécoise
** LOJIQ ** - Les Offices jeunesse internationaux du Québec, in collaboration with the Sommets, are looking for young animation professionals to participate in the Anima Festival (Brussels Animation Film Festival). From March 1 to 10, 2019, you will live to the rhythm of animation film and cartoons: short films, including the selections of the best films of the year, feature films, several previews of highly anticipated films... Profile: young Quebec animation professional: producer, director, distributor, sound designer, animation designer and editor.
You have until ** December 10, 2018 ** to apply! Learn more...
Each year, a different animator signs the visual used for the official Sommets du cinéma d'animation poster. We are proud to unveil the amazing Sommets 2018 poster created by the young Montreal-based animation artist Raymond Caplin. Raymond is a very talented illustrator and an animator who loves creating animated films. He enjoys exploring various artistic media and wants to pursue a career as an animator. He made five films under Wapikoni mobile's framework. His first film, In Your Heart, was awarded Best Experimental Film at the Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival as well as the Best Animated Film at the Arlington International Film Festival. In 2017, Raymond, a member of the Mi'kmaq nation, participated in the Cinémathèque québécoise animation residency. The Sommets 2018 trailer was also created by Raymond.
About
Jury & Awards
International Competition
Charlotte Aubin - Quebec
Actor and writer
Revealed in 2006, at the age of 14, thanks to her performance in the Quebec adaptation of the film Romeo and Juliet, Charlotte Aubin has since taken an original and thoughtful artistic path. Best known by the Quebec public with a recurring role in the very popular dramatic series Providence, she embarked on a four-year training at the National Theater School to perfect her culture and acting, interrupting her young career for a short time. It was during this time that she confirmed her interest and love for writing, poetry, theater and cinema.
Olivier Bilodeau - Quebec
Programming Director -Quebec City Film Festival -
A graduate in film studies and political science from Université de Montréal, as well as in business administration from Université de Sherbrooke, Olivier Bilodeau worked for Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) from 2008 to 2011; on various selection committees, after acting as a programming assistant and assistant to the Executive Director. A dead fanatic of kaij and slashers movies, he co-founded, in 2011, the Quebec City Film Festival and is now the Programming Director.
Isabelle Favez - Switzerland
Filmmaker and illustrator
A writer and filmmaker, animator and illustrator, working mainly on animation films Isabelle Favez graduated from the Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst in Zurich (HGKZ) in Film/Video Design. Since then she has focused on the production of animation films, and has directed seven films to this day. Her films have been selected in many film festivals, including Berlin, Hiroshima, Annecy, Zagreb, Ottawa, Stuttgart, and have won numerous awards. She also works as a freelance animator and illustrator for various clients.
Janice Nadeau - Quebec
Filmmaker and illustrator
In addition to a master's in film studies from Université de Montréal, Janice Nadeau trained in graphic design at Université du Québec à Montréal and in illustration at École supérieure des arts décoratifs in Strasbourg. She has illustrated numerous books and has won three prestigious Governor General of Canada Awards, including Nul poisson où aller *(2014), which she adapted for her first animated film with Nicola Lemay. *Mamie (2016), her first solo production, is a personal and intimate story co-produced by the National Film Board of Canada and Folimage.
Paul Wenninger - Austria
Filmmaker, choreographer and dancer
Freelance dancer, author of choreographic works, and filmmaker with a focus on pixilation and animation. Since 1999 he is the artistic director of Kabinett ad Co., a working platform for interdisciplinary projects with a focus on the body. His works have been shown internationally and received several awards.
International Student Competition
Rachel Leblanc - Quebec
University of Montreal
Audrey Malo - Quebec
University of Québec in Montréal
Adele Vendette - Quebec
Concordia University