Why Pinscreen?

The Pinscreen is a tool that was created in the 1930s to make animation films. Although it no longer provides any technical advantages, a handful of animation directors still use it. This film explores why it is so important to create something handmade with constraints, in a time when everything is turning towards instantaneous digital technology.

Documentary Animation

Alexandre Alexeieff

(Archive footage)

Claire Parker

(Archive footage)

Sophie Le Tétour

(Self)

Jean-Baptiste Garnero

(Self)

Michel Lemieux

(Self)

Rose Mercier-Marcotte

(Self)

Jacques Drouin

(Self)

Wolfgang Noethlich

(Self)

Jeremy Tate

(Self)

Florence Miailhe

(Self)

Céline Devaux

(Self)

Nicolas Liguori

(Self)

Florentine Grelier

(Self)

Clémence Bouchereau

(Self)

Justine Vuylsteker

(Self)

Pierre-Luc Granjon

(Self)

Cerise Lopez

(Self)

Alexandre Noyer

(Self)

Suzanne Drouin

(Self)

Éric Reginaud

(Self)

Marco de Blois

(Self)

Julien Senechal

(Self)

Nadia Rouibah

(Self)

Cannelle Branchu

(Self)

Alexis Di Maggio

(Self)

Michelle Six

(Self)