Drenica
Short film with puppets and shadows (4:30 min.)Coproduction : Théâtre Incliné and Association Et Qui Libre / Marionnettissimo
Direction and screenplay : Simon Beaupré
Puppets and shadows : Violaine Steinmann and Alain Lavallée
First prize of Kunstpiep 2013 !
Based on the testimony of an Albanian woman and her life in Kosovo, DRENICA examines war under the prism of loneliness and uprooting. Shot over 8 days using the traditional, artisanal techniques of live theatre, the film evokes humanity with an especially moving simplicity.
Coproduction Théâtre Incliné and Association Et Qui Libre / Marionnettissimo
Direction and screenplay :
Simon Beaupré
Words collected by :
Élie Briceno
Design and puppets manipulation :
Violaine Steinmann, Alain Lavallée, Simon Beaupré
Construction and shadows play :
Alain Lavallée
Construction of puppets :
Violaine Steinmann, Alain Lavallée, Simon Beaupré, Yulan Fougeron
Sets and props construction :
Simon Beaupré, Yulan Fougeron, Alain Lavallée, Violaine Steinmann, Daniel Virgüez
Music :
Serge Essiambre, Hellenic River, Olive Musique
Voice :
Nathalie Pagnac
Designed, builded and produced in 8 days at L’USINE (Tournefeuille-Toulouse-Métropole)
With the support of Service de coopération et d’action culturelle du Consulat général de France in Québec / Fonds franco-québécois de coopération décentralisée / Office franco-québécois pour la jeunesse / Région Midi-Pyrénées / Ville de Laval (Québec) / Ville de Tournefeuille (France) / Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec / Canada Council for the Arts
- DRENICA at Puppet Underground Film Festival
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