Marie-Hélène Turcotte

Marie-Hélène Turcotte (1971, Joliette, Quebec, Canada[1]) is a Canadian animation film director and artist. She studied architecture and produced two short animated films.[2]

In 2010, Turcotte directed a short film The Formation of Clouds. It was shown on a number of festivals including the 2010 Montreal Animation Film Festival[3] and won the prizes of the 2011 Filmfest Dresden as the best animation film[4] and of the 2011 International Film Festival for Youth in Vancouver as the Most Innovative Short Film.[5]

Her short film Red of the Yew Tree was aired in the Short Cuts program at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival,[6] at the Animafest Zagreb,[1] and at the 2017 GLAS Animation Film Festival.[7] For this film, Turcotte (jointly with Felix Dufour-Laperrière, the editor) was shortlisted for a 2017 Canadian Screen Award in the Best Animated Short category.[8] Turcotte herself said about the film that the red berries symbolize the blood loss of women and refers to offspring; the yew was recognized by Ancient Greeks and Romans as a symbol of life and death.[9]

Turcotte said in an interview that after completing Red of the Yew Tree she started to work on a new short film, MC, on a man living in a city.[9]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ a b "IF ou le rouge perdu / Red of the Yew Tree". Animafest Zagreb. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Zwischen Tradition und VR – das Animafest Zagreb" (in German). Berlin Film Festival. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  3. ^ Lavoie, André (2 December 2010). "Les 9es Sommets du cinéma d'animation de Montréal - Beaucoup d'animation(s)" (in French). Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Festival du film de Dresde: 5 ans " Focus Québec " - prix du meilleur film d'animation pour Marie-Hélène Turcotte" (in French). Quebec Representative in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. 19 April 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  5. ^ "2011 Awards". Reel 2 Real: A Celebration of Moving Images for Youth Society. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Red of the Yew Tree". Toronto International Film Festival. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  7. ^ Milligan, Mercedes (26 January 2016). "GLAS 2017 Announces Official Selections". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  8. ^ Furdyk, Brent (17 January 2017). "2017 Canadian Screen Awards nominees revealed". Global News. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  9. ^ a b Brownridge, William. "TFS Festival Quickie: Marie-Hélène Turcotte, director of Red of the Yew Tree". Toronto International Film Festival. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  10. ^ "La formation des nuages" (in French). National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 27 February 2017.