Rose & Violet

201126 min 21 secFilm: Animation

G

Direction: Claude GroschLuc Otter

Production: Melissa Malkin (Onion Factory Productions)Marcy Page (National Film Board of Canada)Anne Schroeder (Samsa Film)David Verrall (National Film Board of Canada)

Script: Claude GroschLuc Otter

Produced by Onion Factory Productions in co-production with Samsa Film and the National Film Board of Canada, with the financial participation of Société de développement des entreprises culturelles, Québec Film and Television Tax Credit (Gestion SODEC) and the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit and with the support of Film Fund Luxembourg.

Circus Igor has recruited a pair of new acrobats: Conjoined twins Rose and Violet. With their shared arm, the sisters whirl, twirl and fly in the footlights under the big top. They seem bound for glory, but when the world’s strongest man joins the troupe, things get complicated. A performance turns to disaster and the unthinkable happens: Rose and Violet are separated. But the accident doesn’t spell the end of their delirious acrobatic adventures. After a mad chase with twists and danger at every turn, the twins again find themselves face to face. Will they be able to overcome the jealousy that has come between them? In the strange yet engaging world of Rose & Violet, life can be cruel—but chickens play guitar, dogs dance the polka and people who love each other always get together in the end. Filmmakers Luc Otter and Claude Grosch employ a clever combination of 2D and digital cut-outs and clay animation in their exploration of the circus realm.

 

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Subject categories


  • Sports and Leisure > Circuses
  • Theater > Circuses
  • Sexuality and Reproduction > Interpersonal Relationships
  • Media Education > Body Image

Credits


writer
Claude Grosch
Luc Otter
director
Claude Grosch
Luc Otter
producer
Melissa Malkin
Marcy Page
Anne Schroeder
executive producer
Melissa Malkin
David Verrall
Anne Schroeder
voice
Ellen Muth
Giselle Webber
Marcel Jeannin
Harry Standjofski
Andreas Aspergis
image editing
Jared Curtis
sound design
Pierre Yves Drapeau
Pia Dumont
Normand Roger
sound edit
Pierre Yves Drapeau
Pia Dumont
Normand Roger
original music
André Dziezuk
Marc Mergen
animation
Jo Meuris
Pierre-Nicolas Riou
Philippe Vaucher
Sarah Marchand
Virpi Kettu
compositing
Felipe Bello
Daniel Gies
additional backgrounds
Sascha Di Giambattista
intern
Nicolas Trotignon
Mathieu Vernerie
digital consultant
Susan Gourley
technical coordination
Julie Laperrière
editing assistance
Janet Perlman
Jason Lee
online editor
Denis Gathelier
technical support
Paul Maas
voice recording
Geoffrey Mitchell
Pierre Yves Drapeau
foley recording
Aline Gavroy
foley studio
Studio L'équipe
foley artist
Bertrand Boudaut
sound edit studio
Studiotoons
mixer
Pierre Yves Drapeau
Jean Paul Vialard
mixing studio
Studiotoons
National Film Board of Canada
musician
Boran
Franc
Arnaldo
Valloo
Dimov
Piotr
Choco
Davy Veyssiere
Baptiste Brice
score recording
Frédéric Briant
music mix
Jean-Pascal Boffo
production manager
Jean-Luc Zehnter
legal
Christian Kmiotek
finance
Christian Kmiotek
administrator
Gisèle Guilbault
Aurore Schneidesch
production coordinator
Marie-Christine Nadon
Elaine Largie
Lelia Di Luca
production assistant
Amanda Garque
Mark Griebel
Lynn Cruchten
production accountant
Daniel Morin
Joana Pego
auditor
Wasserman Stotland Bratt Grossbaum
Carlo Reding
marketing
Christine Noël
legal services
Zénaïde Lussier
Stéphane Moraille
Kinémage International Inc.
financing
National Bank of Canada
Banque Raiffeisen Luxembourg
insurance
Media Assurances

Awards


  • Jury Award- Best AnimationDam Short Film Festival
  • Best Animation FilmLëtzebuerger Filmpräis
  • Best Mid-Length AnimationFestival internacional de Cine para Ninos / DIVERCINE
  • Best AnimationAIFF Kids