The NFB is making an impressive return to Montreal's Sommets du cinéma d'animation (May 6-11), with 11 productions and co-productions screening as world premieres-including Le tableau (The Painting), by Michèle Lemieux, made with the famous Alexeïeff-Parker pinscreen, and LOCA, by Véronique Paquette. The festival's closing film will be Loïc Darses' Graver l'homme: arrêt sur Pierre Hébert (Scratches of Life: The Art of Pierre Hébert). Additionally, filmmaker Arash Akhgari will be giving an Artist's Talk about his new film In the Shallows (En surface), which is also receiving its world premiere. Films from the 14th edition of the Hothouse mentorship for emerging animators across Canada will be having their world premieres as well.
Many of the films in this rich selection at the Sommets have their roots in various other artforms, such as poetry, dance and visual art.
Canadian Competition
Le tableau (The Painting) by Michèle Lemieux (NFB, 11 min 56 s) - WORLD PREMIERE
