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Exhibition 2

My style is often mistaken for a simple lack of money and resources. I use cut-outs in my short films because they are not expensive. When I was first introduced to that techinique, it simply fascinated me. It is like a game without frontiers. Small dolls made out of Canson paper. Puppet pieces tied with fine threads and a puppet laid on a lit box. We animate one frame after another, we move them, photograph them twice, move them again, and photograph again... (Michel Ocelot) 

Michel Ocelot won the audience acclaim thanks to his animated films “Kirikou” and “Azur and Asmar.” However, “Kirikou” is not his first film, his debut was “The Three Inventors,” using the animated lace technique, followed by “The Legend of the Poor Hunchback” in the woodcut technique. A series of Canson paper silhouettes “Icarus” and “Les contes de la nuit” ensued. The music video “Earth Intruders,” recently made for musician Björk will also be presented at the exhibition.

We recommend you to discover the hidden treasure of Michel Ocelot. Sketches, animatics, storyboards, set designs and graphic research are displayed, as well as all the production stages of his short animated films. Take a peek into the fine paper texture that generated one of the most exceptional styles of world animation – in the movie theatre and in the gallery.