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Here and the Great Elsewhere

2012 Canadian film

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]

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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]

References

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


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