The Painting (2025)

Original title

Le tableau

Directed by

Michèle Lemieux

Genre

animation, drama

Country

Canada

Runtime

12 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This animated short reimagines Diego Velázquez's portrait of Mariana of Austria. Using pinscreen animation, it brings the 17th century queen to life on screen.

statelycontemplativevisually texturedhistoricalquietreverentpoeticatmospheric

What happens

The Painting (French: Le Tableau) is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Michèle Lemieux and released in 2024. Made using pinscreen animation, the film illustrates the life of Mariana of Austria through a recreation of Diego Velázquez's Portrait of Mariana of Austria. The film premiered in May 2024 at the Sommets du cinéma d'animation, and was subsequently screened at the 2024 Annecy International Animation Film Festival. The film received a Prix Iris nomination for Best Animated Short Film at the 27th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2025. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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