Miserable Miracle (film)

Miserable Miracle
Directed byRyo Orikasa
Written byRyo Orikasa
Based onMiserable Miracle by Henri Michaux
Produced byEmmanuel-Alain Raynal
Pierre Baussaron
Jelena Popović
Robert McLaughlin
Michael Fukushima
Nobuaki Doi
Narrated byTony Robinow
Denis Lavant
Edited byRyo Orikasa
Music bySacha Ratcliffe
Production
companies
National Film Board of Canada
Miyu Productions
New Deer
Release date
  • September 2023 (2023-09) (OIAF)
Running time
8 minutes
CountriesCanada
France
Japan
LanguagesEnglish
French

Miserable Miracle is an animated short film, directed by Ryo Orikasa and released in 2023.[1] A coproduction of the National Film Board of Canada, Miyu Productions of France and New Deer of Japan, the film is an experimental abstract animation based on the poetry of Henri Michaux, which features words from Michaux's work that morph into shapes and human-like figures as an exploration of sound and meaning.[2]

The film has been released in both English and French versions, with the English version narrated by Tony Robinow and the French version narrated by Denis Lavant.[1] A Japanese-language version is slated for release in 2024.[1]

The film premiered at the 2023 Ottawa International Animation Festival, where it won the Grand Prize for short animation.[3]

The film received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Animated Short at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024.[4]