Animated short co-directed by Elisapie selected for international film festival
Short film will receive its world première at Swiss festival this summer
Artist and musician Elisapie Isaac, left, and multidisciplinary artist Marc Séguin’s animated short “Piluk” will make its world premiere at Switzerland’s Locarno Film Festival. (Photo by Éva-Maude. courtesy of the National Film Board)
An animated short film co-created by artist-musician Elisapie Isaac and multidisciplinary artist Marc Séguin will make its world premiere at Switzerland’s Locarno Film Festival next month, the National Film Board of Canada announced Thursday.
An image from the animated short Piluk, a National Film Board of Canada production co-directed by Inuk artist and musician Elisapie Isaac and multidisciplinary artist Marc Séguin. (Image courtesy of the National Film Board of Canada)
Piluk, a 10-minute NFB production, has been selected for the festival’s Pardi di Domani competition, which showcases short- and medium-length films making their international premières.
Exploring identity and connection to the land, the film follows a girl named Piluk on a coming-of-age journey from the Arctic tundra to an urban landscape. It combines graphite, acrylic and pastel artwork on textured paper and an original score by Isaac.
“For my people, telling a story is an act of transmission,” Isaac said in the news release. “I wanted to create a timeless legend, working with Marc, who is an exceptional artist with an instinct for storytelling.”
The festival runs Aug. 5 to 15, according to the release.
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