The sudden passing of animator Jacques Drouin from a stroke was a shock to many in animation, especially in the halls of the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), where he was an influential and ...

Michèle Lemieux, “Here and the Great Elsewhere” (2012) (all images courtesy Sooean Chin) Developed by husband-and-wife team Alexandre Alexeieff and Claire Parker in the 1930s, pinscreen animation is a ...

“Unique” is an often-misused adjective, but it certainly applied to Jacques Drouin. For three decades, the late Quebec animator was the only artist in the world practising the intensely intricate ...

This week’s MPP takes us on a bit of an educational journey, introducing us to Russian-born artist, filmmaker, and illustrator Alexandre Alexeïeff; his wife, Claire Parker; and the pinscreen animation ...

The Pinscreen is a tool that was created in the 1930s to make animation films. Although it no longer provides any technical advantages, a handful of animation directors still use it. This film ...