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With an ingenious assembly of archival footage and animated sequences, Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre brings us a clever and astute cinephile portrait of Claude Jutra, the director of Mon oncle Antoine.

Continuing the undertaking she began in 2006 with McLaren's Negatives, devoted to Norman McLaren, Saint-Pierre has refined her pursuit of a unique animated documentary form, boldly and skilfully encapsulating the life and career of another cinema giant.

Through the magic of editing and animation, Claude Jutra is seen in dialogue with himself at various stages of his life – becoming the spirited narrator of his own biography. Excerpts from family films, interviews, and clips from some of Jutra's well-known works are seamlessly intertwined with these sequences, forming a portrait of a man whose life was devoted to creativity. Jutra is simultaneously a homage, a love letter to cinema, and the dramatic story of a brilliant artist whose life was all-too-short.
 

2014, 13 min 24 s

Jutra

Meilleure émission ou série d'animation
Prix Gémeaux
20 septembre 2015, Montréal - Canada

Documentary History and Biography
Festival de film de Yorkton
Du 21 au 24 mai 2015, Yorkton - Canada

Meilleur court ou moyen métrage d'animation
Gala Québec Cinéma
15 mars 2015, Montréal - Canada

Best Short Documentary
Prix Écrans canadiens
1 mars 2015, Toronto - Canada

Prix Les films 53/12
Gala Prends ça court
12 février 2015, Montréal - Canada

Prix Cinepool/ Département caméra
Gala Prends ça court
12 février 2015, Montréal - Canada

Méliès "Lumière du Québec"
Festival du film court de Mont-Tremblant
Du 4 au 7 décembre 2014, Mont-Tremblant - Canada

Mention pour le meilleur film d’animation canadien
Sommets du cinéma d'animation
Du 27 novembre au 7 décembre 2014, Montréal - Canada