30/5 — 5/6/2024
64th International Film Festival
for Children and Youth

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Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children

Nounours (2021) -

Canada | 2021 | 3 min.

A baby girl comes across a box containing a new friend, a teddy bear, but when she grows older, it’s time to pack away childish things.

CountryCanada
Year2021
Duration3 min
Rating-
LanguageFrench
SubtitleEnglish
Directed by Lou Rigoudy
Screenplay Lou Rigoudy & Robert Montcalm
Director of Photography Lou Rigoudy
Music Greta Pylypczak
Contact Studio l'Oierignal

Biography

Lou Rigoudy has been animating, designing, and working as a conceptual artist for over a decade on everything from major blockbuster movies to indie-films. Her career has included work as a lead artist for MPC, animating on The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Dolittle, and The Call of the Wild. She holds a double bachelor’s degree in Film Animation and Theatre Design from Concordia University. Lou is a grant recipient of the Canada Council for the Arts and has been selected for the National Film Board of Canada’s Filmmaker Assistance Program. In 2021, Lou decided to take the leap into creating her own projects, launching Studio l’Oierignal with Robert Montcalm and working on their debut short film Nounours.This film is a part of the set The Cloudmaker and Other Animations.