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TIFF preview: ‘Le Projet Sapporo (The Sapporo Project)’ – Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre

By sir warren b leonhardt on September 1, 2010

Last updated on September 2, 2010

‘LE PROJET SAPPORO (THE SAPPORO PROJECT)’ – Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre, Japanese, 5 min.

“This poetic homage to calligrapher Gazanbou Higuchi utilizes Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre’s signature style of rotoscope animation to illustrate the craft of Japanese shodo. Energetic brush strokes pulsate into moving forms, connecting the artist to his work in a seamless flow. Morphing minimalist black and white compositions fulfill Higuchi’s mission to “convey the dance and rhythm of life.”

Director’s Bio:
Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre was born in Murdochville, Quebec. She earned a B.F.A. in film animation and an M.F.A. in film production from Concordia University. She has directed several short animation and documentary films, including Post-Partum (04), McLaren’s Negatives (06), Passages (08), which screened at the Festival, and Le Projet Sapporo (10).

Screening at:
Short Cuts Canada: Programme 6

Director’s Website:
http://www.mjstpfilms.com/

Interview with Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre:

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Warren Leonhardt spent too much time watching tv, reading comics, or doodling in his math textbooks to really pay attention, but he thinks he was raised the Kootenays of British Columbia by two grownups and a sister. After realizing that cartoons and animated films don’t make themselves but were actually made by people, he decided to become one of those people. Over time he’s managed to fool companies like House of Cool, Disney Canada, Spümcø, Sony Pictures Animation, Blue Sky Studios and Corus into actually paying him money to draw funny pictures and generally goof around as a storyboard artist for animated features and television. He currently lives in Collingwood, Ontario, Canada with his long-suffering wife and toddler. In between drawing till his hand falls off and fending off the wildlife invading his property, he interviews people more interesting than himself for CAR.CA.

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