Louise (2003 film)

''Louise'' is a 2003 animated short by

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, produced by the

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. The film takes audiences through a day in the life of Lebeau's 96-year-old Belgian-Canadian grandmother, Louise Marginet, who narrates the film. Set in the rural community of

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, ''Louise'' features traditional music played by family as well as the Bruxelles Brass Band. ''Louise'' received 6 awards including the Hiroshima Prize at the

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and the Canal J Jury Junior Award for Short Films at the

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. The film was also nominated for best animated short at the

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. ''Louise'' was animated on paper by Lebeau, Jason Doll and John Tanasiciuk, with computer rendering. Lebeau had begun working on the film in 1998, before taking a break to raise her two children. When interviewed at Hiroshima, the filmmaker stated that her grandmother, who had died before the film was completed, was thrilled to have a movie made about her life and fam