17th Cinema on the Bayou Virtual Film Festival

ANIMATED SHORTS 1 (84 MIN)

Expired February 7, 2022 5:00 AM
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9 films in package
LA SAISON DES HIBISCUS (HIBISCUS SEASON)
Zaire, January 1993. Rachel's family, an 8-year-old French girl, lives in Kinshasa in a house overlooking the Congo River.
THE FOURFOLD
Based on the ancient animistic beliefs and shamanic rituals in Mongolia and Siberia, the film explores the indigenous worldview and wisdom: Nature is the homeland of human being, Tengri is the deity and the father sky, Earth is the mother with rivers nourishing all beings, pagan and pantheist gods co-exist with all mortals.
TERRE
Terre is a stop-motion animation short-film that navigates through different landscapes.
NIGHTLINK
Set in Dublin after the pubs close. While telling God what he really thinks of him Ronan aggravates a bunch of Púca who were having a few drinks in a nearby dimension. F
AUTOPORTRAIT ENTRE PRAGUE ET VIENNE (LIEUX ET MONUMENTS - 12) (SELFPORTRAIT BETWEEN PRAGUE AND VIENNA)
On 2 November 2014, I travelled by train from Prague to Vienna.
DANS UN RECTANGLE ABSOLU, LE PRINTEMPS (A QUADRANGLE OF SPRING)
In Quebec, as everywhere around the world, the Spring of 2020 was drastically changed by the Covid 19 pandemic.
Le long cri du train qui passe se glisse au cœur des spectres et tout explose en silence (The long wail of a passing train slips into the heart of the ghosts and everything explodes into silence)
An experimental animated film built around a single sound recording that evokes travel, the need to communicate, solitude, fragility, the desire for freedom, the arrival of fall, and our ephemeral existence.
OTONASHI
Painted in silence a sparrow’s dream invokes timeless harmonies.
FESTIN EN CAPSULE (ENCAPSULATED FEAST)
A man checks in at a hotel at the end of the day, then walks into a few bistros and bars where he eats and drinks to excess.
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A man checks in at a hotel at the end of the day, then walks into a few bistros and bars where he eats and drinks to excess. He then returns to the hotel where he falls asleep and dream's tumultuously.


Director's Statement:


Here are an endless number of reasons why Japan marks the minds of travelers who visit it. For me, one of them lies in the uniqueness of each of the small establishments that make up the big cities. Many bistros, for example, have existed for several decades and represent the life project of an owner working there all by himself, without any employee. We generally find in these tiny places: a clientele of regular customers, an entire decor in the image of the man or the woman in charge, exceptional food and an extreme attention to hospitality. All of this tends to create a warm and immersive atmosphere. When a foreigner leaves such a place, he feels a sort of supreme satisfaction towards his traveling expectations followed by an immediate nostalgia. However, this state of mind can change very quickly. It only takes an eye-catching sign, laughter passing through sliding doors or tantalizing scents to decide to step into a new microcosm. Too often, armed with reasonable intentions, I got carried away by a night's galore where I ended up drinking and eating too much. Capsule Feast tells this story which, to me, repeated itself throughout major Japanese cities.

  • Year
    2021
  • Runtime
    21 minutes
  • Language
    French
  • Country
    Canada
  • Premiere
    U.S. Premiere
  • Rating
    Mature
  • Director
    Frédéric Lacroix-Loiselle
  • Screenwriter
    Frédéric Lacroix-Loiselle
  • Producer
    Frédéric Lacroix-Loiselle
  • Cinematographer
    Frédéric Lacroix-Loiselle
  • Editor
    Frédéric Lacroix-Loiselle
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