Conversation with Florence Miailhe

Animation First 2022 Guest of Honor

Recorded on Saturday, February 12, 2022

FIAF Skyroom

Co-presented with Women in Animation

Moderated by Signe Baumane

In English

Over the course of her three-decade career in animation, Florence Miailhe has created a precious body of award-winning short films and a recent first feature, The Crossing, which just received a César Award nomination for Best Animated Feature.

Throughout her unusual career, Miailhe has always hand-painted or hand-drawn each frame to create deeply textured and vividly animated characters and sets. In this conversation, Miailhe discusses the making of The Crossing, the inspirations behind her carefully crafted and deeply poetic short films, and her creative process.

“There is an intense vibration in the films by Florence Miailhe. A running fever, an impulsive insolence, a palpitation of colors, of sounds, which make you dizzy.” – Catherine Humblot, Le Monde