Luc Chamberland's Pool Party - you're invited!

Luc's pool party. It has animation too.

Luc Chamberland is a Montreal-based animator and director who has been working closely for a number of years with the Montreal Stop Motion Film Festival (MSMFF).  Below is his latest film, a short promotion for this year's festival, co-directed with Pierre Trudeau. We asked Luc to tell us about the festival and his work.

Montreal Stop Motion Film Festival Teaser 2012

My old friend and colleague Luc Chamberland has just finished a charming stop motion teaser for the Montreal Stop Motion Film Festival 2012. I love stop motion animation - and I have huge respect for animators who can pull off animating an entire scene straight ahead without the benefit of an undo button.

Luc and I worked together in 1999 on "Joseph - King of Dreams", a straight-to-video sequel to the Prince of Egypt, animated by Bardel Animation in Vancouver. It was huge fun to work on, although the crew was pretty green and the standard of draughtsmanship required by the project was very high. I gave a lot of lectures while I was there, and when I left many of the crew did some drawings for me by way of a leaving present. Here's one of them:

I must have spent a lot of time on the phone. Also I am not sure what, exactly, was wrong with my nose. Maybe it was the Canadian winter.

The drawing that really confused me however was this one - it was a flyer for an acting class I was doing. Why I am I naked? And what's with the porn star thing?

I still don't get it. Something to do with the Canadian sense of humour.

- Alex

Saga City - a charming animated short by Luc Chamberland

Check out this delightful animated short - Saga City - by my old friend Luc Chamberland, whom I worked with many years ago on "Joseph" - the sequel to DreamWorks' "Prince of Egypt". Luc directed the animation in Vancouver and did an awesome job - now he is a Director at the National Film Board in Montreal. You can see Saga City here at the NFB website. Enjoy! - Alex