| Here and the Great Elsewhere | |
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| Director: | Michèle Lemieux |
| Producer: | Julie Roy |
| Music: | Armand Amar |
| Animator: | Michèle Lemieux |
| Editing: | Annie Jean |
| Studio: | National Film Board of Canada |
| Runtime: | 14 minutes |
| Country: | Canada |
Here and the Great Elsewhere (French: Le Grand ailleurs et le petit ici) is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Michèle Lemieux and released in 2012.[1] Made using pinscreen animation, the film is a philosophical meditation on the ultimate meaning of life, through the story of an everyman figure confronting existential mysteries about the universe.[2]
Lemieux made the film on the pinscreen given to her by animator Jacques Drouin.[1]
The film premiered at the 2012 Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois.[3]
It was the winner of the Grand Prix at the Cinemania festival in Portugal,[4] and was a Jutra Award nominee for Best Animated Short Film at the 15th Jutra Awards in 2013.[5]