Artist's Talk ONF x Sommets | Lori Malépart-Traversy
We know the event, the festival organized by the Cinémathèque québécoise presenting the best of animation film. But the Sommets also host a series of animated events held at the Cinémathèque or elsewhere, and which showcase new releases as well as memorable films from the past, short and feature films, screenings at the indoors and outdoors, film lessons and other events.
To be kept up to date with its annual programming, visit the Sommets website.
The NFB, in partnership with the Sommets du cinéma d’animation, is pleased to invite you to an artist’s talk with filmmaker Lori Malépart-Traversy.
After her smash-hit student short Le clitoris, the filmmaker is back in a big way with a five-part series of animated documentary shorts entitled Magical Caresses. The series was broadly adapted from intimate accounts published in the Caresses magiques books designed and managed by Sarah Gagnon-Piché and Sara Hébert. A skillful blend of humour and confession, these four-minute shorts offer a variety of female perspectives, taking a healthy and candid approach to demystifying masturbation. Using the tremendous creative freedom afforded by animation, Malépart-Traversy has crafted a bold and insightful original series about solitary sexuality.
During the event, she will discuss her artistic journey, her creative process, the complexities of creating during a pandemic, her documentary approach and her willingness to examine taboos.
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Lori Malépart-Tarversy
Lori Malépart-Traversy is an animator born in Montreal in 1991. She studied visual arts and animation at Concordia University. Her graduation film, Le clitoris, was an international success, both in the festival circuit and online. With Caresses magiques, she continues to explore the vast theme of female sexuality.
