Here and the Great Elsewhere

Here and the Great Elsewhere
FrenchLe Grand ailleurs et le petit ici
Directed byMichèle Lemieux
Written byMichèle Lemieux
Produced byJulie Roy
Edited byAnnie Jean
Music byArmand Amar
Animation byMichèle Lemieux
Production
company
Release date
  • February 15, 2012 (2012-02-15) (RVCQ)
Running time
14 minutes
CountryCanada

Here and the Great Elsewhere (French: Le Grand ailleurs et le petit ici) is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Michèle Lemieux and released in 2012.[1] Made using pinscreen animation, the film is a philosophical meditation on the ultimate meaning of life, through the story of an everyman figure confronting existential mysteries about the universe.[2]

Lemieux made the film on the pinscreen given to her by animator Jacques Drouin.[1]

The film premiered at the 2012 Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois.[3]

It was the winner of the Grand Prix at the Cinemania festival in Portugal,[4] and was a Jutra Award nominee for Best Animated Short Film at the 15th Jutra Awards in 2013.[5]

  1. ^ a b Odile Tremblay, "D'ombres et d'épingles". Le Devoir, February 14, 2012.
  2. ^ Maggie Lange, "It Took 240,000 Pins to Make the Most Innovative Short Film of the Year". The Atlantic, December 28, 2012.
  3. ^ "RVCQ : un court-métrage de Michèle Lemieux en ouverture". Radio-Canada, January 26, 2012.
  4. ^ "Le grand ailleurs et le petit ici primé". Le Devoir, November 21, 2012.
  5. ^ "Jutra : Laurence anyways et Rebelle en tête des nominations". Ici Radio-Canada, January 31, 2013.