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Roy Julie
Producer
Animation and Youth Studio
Julie Roy has been a producer at the Animation and Youth Studio of the National Film Board of Canada since April 2007. She holds a Master's degree from the University of Montreal in Film Studies and has also written widely on women and animation film. She has been invited to several festivals as program organizer. Before becoming a producer, Julie Roy was responsible for marketing some 60 short animation films made at the NFB between 2000 and 2006, as well heading the high-profile marketing campaign for the NFB's 65th anniversary, coordinating the presentation of a Norman McLaren retrospective that ran in several countries and overseeing the release of the DVD box set Norman McLaren: The Master's Edition.
Most notably, she produced Hungu (2008) by Nicolas Brault, which won three awards; The Necktie/Le nœud cravate (2008) by Jean-François Lévesque, winner of ten awards and Mamori (2010) by Karl Lemieux, which won the Grand prix of the 25 FPS Festival in Zagreb. Working closely with emerging filmmakers, she is in charge of the Cinéaste recherché(e) competition which seeks to showcase new talent and also heads the animation department of the ACIC (Aide au cinema indépendant canadien) of the NFB. She also co-produced short films with France's Folimage studio through its Résidence d'artistes Folimage program, including Rosa, Rosa (2008) by Félix Dufour-Laperrière; Rains/L'Ondée by David Coquard-Dassault and Le Banquet de la concubine (2012) by Hefang Wei. Her most recent productions include Here and the Great Elsewhere (2012) by Michèle Lemieux, Bydlo (2012) by Patrick Bouchard and the international co-productions Kali le petit vampire (2012) by Regina Pessoa and Edmond was a donkey (2012) by Franck Dion.
