I, Barnabé

202015 min 6 secFilm: Animation

G

Direction: Jean-François Lévesque

Production: Julie Roy

Script: Jean-François Lévesque

I, Barnabé takes a luminous look at a desperate man’s existential crisis. During a night of stormy drunkenness, he receives a visit from a mysterious bird and is forced to reconsider his life.

 

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Subject categories


  • Health and Medicine > Alcohol, Drugs and Tobacco
  • Psychology and Psychiatry > Life and DeathSuicide
  • Religion, Beliefs and Ethics > Priests and Priesthood

Credits


direction
Jean-François Lévesque
script
Jean-François Lévesque
animation
Jean-François Lévesque
design
Jean-François Lévesque
props fabrication
Valérie Dupras
illustrations
Valérie Dupras
set finishing
Valérie Dupras
director of photography
Stephan Ballard
Mathieu Bergeron
motion control operator
Stephan Ballard
Lighting R&D
Mathieu Bergeron
compositing
Mélanie O'Bomsawin
Jean-François Lévesque
Stephan Ballard
Brenda Lopez Zepeda
script consultant
Géraldine Charbonneau
Michèle Tougas
editing
Annie Jean
sound design
Olivier Calvert
music score
Robert Marcel Lepage
music score assistance
Samuel Desrosiers
set design
Marie Bloch-Lainé
stained glass design
Marie Bloch-Lainé
set construction
Bertrand Lévesque
set construction assistance
Lorraine Demers
puppet maker
Brenda Baumgarten
mechanisms for rooster heads
Brenda Baumgarten
mechanisms & skin for Barnabé heads
Jim Randall
armature fabrication
Erik Goulet
Hamish Lambert
armature fabrication assistance
Marie Valade
costume fabrication
Allison Easson
additional props
Dominique Leroux
puppet repair
Valérie Dupras
André Michaud
Carla Veldman
stop motion animation
Jean-François Lévesque
Valérie Dupras
Patrick Bouchard
watercolour animation
Adrien Calle
Catherine Manesse
watercolour painting
Valérie Dupras
Jean-François Lévesque
live action shoot
Stephan Ballard
Yannick Grandmont
Jean-François Lévesque
3D modeling, characters
Jean-François Lévesque
Valérie Dupras
singer
Marie Magistry
Bronwyn Thies-Thompson
Rebecca Bain
Angèle Trudeau
Josée Lalonde
Ghislaine Deschambault
Kerry Bursey
Marcel De Hêtre
Arthur Tanguay-Labrosse
Normand Richard
Yves St-Amant
William Kraushaar
recording studio
Tone Studio
Studio 270
foley
Lise Wedlock
voice
Marcel Sabourin
voice direction
Manon Arsenault
recording
Geoffrey Mitchell
mix
Isabelle Lussier
online editor
Serge Verreault
technical director
Éloi Champagne
Éric Pouliot
technical specialist - animation
Yannick Grandmont
technical coordinator
Jean-François Laprise
titles
Réjean Myette
marketing
Geneviève Bérard
administration
Diane Régimbald
Karine Desmeules
senior production coordinator
Camila Blos
studio coordinator
Michèle Labelle
Laetitia Seguin
production coordinator
Mélanie O'Bomsawin
delegate producer
Anne-Marie Bousquet
Jocelyne Perrier
Mylène Augustin
producer
Julie Roy

Awards


  • Craft Award for Best TechniqueInternational Animation Festival
  • Silver Spike Short- with cash award of 3,000 €International Film Festival
  • Best Short Award- CG Animation CompetitionShort Shorts Film Festival & Asia
  • Mention spéciale du meilleur film professionnelStop Motion Film Festival
  • Audience Award- International Program #2International Animation Festival