| Louise | |
| Director: | Anita Lebeau |
| Producer: | Michael Scott Jennifer Torrance |
| Narrator: | Louise Marginet |
| Music: | Robert Marginet |
| Studio: | National Film Board of Canada |
| Distributor: | National Film Board of Canada |
| Runtime: | 9 min 57 s |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | English |
Louise is a 2003 animated short by Anita Lebeau, produced by the National Film Board of Canada. 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 Bruxelles, Manitoba, Louise features traditional music played by family as well as the Bruxelles Brass Band.[1]
Louise received 6 awards including the Hiroshima Prize at the Hiroshima International Animation Festival and the Canal J Jury Junior Award for Short Films at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival.[1] [2] The film was also nominated for best animated short at the 25th Genie Awards.[3]
Louise was animated on paper by Lebeau, Jason Doll and John Tanasiciuk, with computer rendering.[4] 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 family.[5]