Louise is a 2003 animated short by Anita Lebeau, produced by the National Film Board of Canada. The film takes audiences through a day in the life of Lebeau's 96-year-old Belgian-Canadian grandmother, Louise Marginet, who narrates the film. Set in the rural community of Bruxelles, Manitoba, Louise features traditional music played by family as well as the Bruxelles Brass Band.[1][2]
| Louise | |
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| Directed by | Anita Lebeau |
| Written by | Anita Lebeau |
| Produced by | Michael Scott Jennifer Torrance |
| Narrated by | Louise Marginet |
| Music by | Robert Marginet |
Production company | National Film Board of Canada |
| Distributed by | National Film Board of Canada |
Release date |
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Running time | 9 min 57 s |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Louise received 6 awards including the Hiroshima Prize at the Hiroshima International Animation Festival and the Canal J Jury Junior Award for Short Films at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival.[1][2] The film was also nominated for best animated short at the 25th Genie Awards.[3]
Louise was animated on paper by Lebeau, Jason Doll and John Tanasiciuk, with computer rendering.[4] Lebeau had begun working on the film in 1998, before taking a break to raise her two children. When interviewed at Hiroshima, the filmmaker stated that her grandmother, who had died before the film was completed, was thrilled to have a movie made about her life and family.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b Smith, Kenton (28 October 2010). "The art of motion". Uptown. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
- ^ a b "Louise". Collection. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
- ^ "Le Dernier Tunnel domine les nominations des Génie 2005". Le cinema.ca (in French). 8 February 2005. Archived from the original on 5 February 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
- ^ Janis L. Pallister; Ruth A. Hottell (January 2005). Michael G. Paulson (ed.). French-Speaking Women Documentarians: A Guide. Peter Lang Publishing. p. 58. ISBN 0-8204-7614-5. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
- ^ "Hiroshima Animation Festival 2004: Review". Get Hiroshima. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
External links
edit- Watch Louise on the NFB website