''Here and the Great Elsewhere'' (french: Le Grand ailleurs et le petit ici) is a Canadian animated
short film
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, directed by
Michèle Lemieux
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Le Devoir
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'', February 14, 2012. Made using
pinscreen animation
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, the film is a philosophical meditation on the ultimate meaning of life, through the story of an
everyman
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Origin
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figure confronting existential mysteries about the universe.
Lemieux made the film on the pinscreen given to her by animator
Jacques Drouin
Jacques Drouin (; 28 May 1943 – 28 August 2021) was a Canadian animator and director most known for his pinscreen animation.
Biography
Jacques Drouin was born in Mont-Joli, Quebec. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal for seve ...
.
The film premiered at the 2012 Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois.
It was the winner of the Grand Prix at the Cinemania festival in
Portugal
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, and was a
Jutra Award
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