Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre Explained

Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre, born in Murdochville in 1978, is a Quebec director and producer of animated films. She is an associate professor at Université Laval, a theorist, and an author on women's animation cinema. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Cinematographic Career

In 2004, she founded the independent production company MJSTP Films, dedicated to the creation and production of her own films.^[4] She specializes in animated documentaries. She notably uses the technique of rotoscoping and also incorporates archival footage into her creations.

Two themes stand out in her cinematic work: motherhood, which she explored in Post-Partum,^[5] Passages,^{[6] [7]} Femelles,^[8] and Your Mother is a Thief!;^[9] and artistic creation, with McLaren's Negatives, ^{[10] [11] [12]} The Sapporo Project, Jutra,^[13] Snowflakes, Oscar, and The Lauzon Theory. ^{[14] [15]}

As a producer, she is also credited with The Blue Marble by Co Hoedeman and The Delian Mode by Kara Blake. ^[16] Her films have been showcased worldwide in competitive events, including the Directors' Fortnight at Cannes and the Toronto International Film Festival. ^[17]

She also served as artistic director and animator on Patricio Henríquez's feature documentary .^[18]

Academic Career

Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre studied in Montreal at Concordia University, where she earned a bachelor's degree in animation cinema and a master's degree in film production.

She then obtained a doctorate in Art Studies and Practices from the Université du Québec à Montréal, with a doctoral concentration in feminist studies from the Institute of Feminist Research and Studies (IRéF). Her graduate studies were funded by the Vanier CGS Scholarship.^{[19] [20]} Associate professor at Université Laval, her academic research focuses on research-creation using artificial intelligence tools in animation, as well as on women and animation cinema. ^[21]

Filmography

Screenwriter, director and producer

• 2004: Post-Partum
• 2006: McLaren's Negatives
• 2008: Passages
• 2010: The Sapporo Project
• 2012: Female
• 2014: Flocons
• 2014: Jutra
• 2016: Oscar
• 2018: Your Mother is a Thief!

Screenwriter and director

• 2022: Lauzon's Theory

Producer

• 2009: The Delian Mode by Kara Blake
• 2014: The Blue Marble by Co Hoedeman

Publications

Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre is also an author on women and animated cinema: she has published books and scientific articles on the subject.^{[22] [23] [24]}

Books

• Book: Saint-Pierre, Marie-Josée . Women and Film Animation: A Feminist Corpus at the National Film Board of Canada 1939-1989 . . 2024 . 978-1-0326-8536-6.
• Book: Saint-Pierre, Marie-Josée . Femmes et cinéma d'animaiton: Un corpus féministe à l'Office national du film du Canada 1939-1989 . . 2022 . 978-2-7606-4577-6.

Scientific publications

• Saint-Pierre, M.-J. et Lebel, E. (2023). Celebrating and Sharing a Heritage of Black People : Martine Chartrand, Animation Filmmaker. Recherches Féministes. vol. 35, no.1. ^[25]
• Saint-Pierre, M.-J. (2020). Quebec animation cinema and women's agentivity: an exploration of sexuality and desire through the works of three animators produced at the National Film Board of Canada. Animation Studies, The Peer-reviewed Open Access Online Journal for Animation History and Theory,Volume15. partie de ISSN 1930-1928^[26]
• Saint-Pierre, M.-J. (2019). Cinéma d’animation québécois et agentivité féminine: une exploration de la sexualité et du désir à travers trois oeuvres d’animatrices produites à l’Office national du film du Canada. Nouvelles Vues, Volume 20 (1-18).  ^[27]

Book Chapter

• Saint-Pierre, M.-J. (2022). La Ménagère (The Housewife, Bennett, 1975) et la notion de sexage. Dans Julie Ravary-Pilon et Ersy Contogouris (Dir.). Pour des histoires audiovisuelles des femmes au Québec : diversité, divergence et confluence. Les Presses de l’Université de Montréal. part of ^[28]

Other publications

• Saint-Pierre, M.-J. (2023) Compte-rendu: Johanne Jutras, Pornographies. Recherches Féministes. ^[29]
• Saint-Pierre, M.-J. (2023). Women and animated film: an introduction. International Animated Film Association Magazine. vol. 34, no.1. OCLC: 300299292^[30]
• Saint-Pierre, M.J. et Brun, J. (2023). Estelle Lebel (1945-2022), chercheuse, professeure, réalisatrice et militante féministe. Recherches Féministes. vol. 35, no.1.  ^[31]
• Saint-Pierre, M.-J. (2021) Compte-rendu: Julie Ravary-Pilon, Femmes, nation et nature dans le cinéma québécois. Recherches Féministes, vol. 34, no.1. (248-253).
• Saint-Pierre, M.-J. (2020). Francine Desbiens récompensée du prix René Jodoin aux 18e Sommets du Cinéma d’Animation de Montréal. Synoptique, An Online Journal of Film and Moving Images Studies, Volume 9.1 (162-167). partie de ISSN 1715-7641^[32]
• Saint-Pierre, M.-J. (22 mai 2014). I am caught up in the whirlwind of Cannes.  HuffPost Canada: the blog.^[33]
• Saint-Pierre, M.-J. (20 mai 2014). My first time at Cannes: the trip of my life! HuffPost Canada: the blog.^[34]

Completed Research Projects

As part of her academic research, she led the creation of two animation series, developed in collaboration with students under her supervision.

2021: Series of twenty-two documentary animated short films produced for the web documentary Les infirmières de la folie.^{[35] [36]}

2024: Series of four experimental animated short films (Passer au travers, Espoir, Montages russes et Impuissance) produced for the project Visuallys For a Visual Language of Mental Health: Exploring the Power of the Image to Change Social Representations.

Awards

Lauzon's Theory (2022) ^[37]

• Official selection Not Short on talent at Cannes 2022^{[38] [39]}
• Nomination for the Quebec College Cinema Award (PCCQ), 2022 (Canada) ^[40]
• Official selection Regard - Saguenay International Short Film Festival 2023 (Canada)^[41]

Your Mother is a Thief! (2018)^[42]

• Most innovative film Award, Reel 2 Real International Film Festival for Youth, 2019 (Canada) ^{[43] [44]}

Oscar (2016)

• Animation, Yorkton Film Festival, 2017 (Canada)^[45]
• Audience Choice Award for Program A, New York City Short Film Festival 2016 (USA)
• Nomination at the Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois (Canada)^[46]
• Nomination for best animated short film at the 2016 Quebec Cinema Gala (Canada) ^[47]
• Official selection Regard - Saguenay International Short Film Festival 2017 (Canada)^[48]

Jutra (2014)https://www.nfb.ca/film/jutra_en/

• Gémeaux Award, Best animated television show 2015 (Canada)^[49]
• Jutra Award, Best short animated film 2015 (Canada).^[50]
• Canadian Screen Awards, Best short documentary 2015 (Canada)^[51]
• Méliès "Light of Québec", Festival du Film Court de Mont-Tremblant 2014 (Canada)
• Mention best animated film from Canada, Sommets du cinéma d’animation 2014 (Canada)
• Official selection at the Cannes Directors' Fortnight 2014 (Canada)
• Official selection in international short film competition at the Montreal International Documentary Meetings 2014 (Canada)^[52]

Femelles (2012)

Best Short Documentary Film, St.Louis International Film Festival 2012 (USA)^[53]

Passages (2008)^[54]

• Best Documentary Film, Sapporo International Shortfest 2009 (Japan)^[55]
• Best Animation Film, Brooklyn International Film Festival 2009 (USA)
• Public Award for Best Foreign Short Film Public, Créteil's Woman Film Festival 2009 (France)
• Special Jury Award, Personal Expression and Advocacy, Austin Festival 2008 (USA)
• Honorable Mention, Best Canadian Short Film, Atlantic Film Festival 2008 (Canada)
• Special Mention, Golden Key Award, Kassel Dokumentarfilm und Videofest 2008 (Germany)
• Nomination for Best Short Documentary Film, Genie Award 2010 (Canada)
• Selection for the Canada's Top Ten, Best Short Films, by the Toronto International Film Festival, 2009 (Canada)

McLaren's Negatives (2006)

• Jutra Award for Best Animated Film 2007 (Québec) ^[56]
• Honorable Mention best short film, Silverdocs 2006 (USA)^[57]
• Best Debut Film, Animation, Message to Man International Film Festival, St Petersbourg 2006 (Russia)^[58]
• Best Short Contemporary Film, Sapporo International Shortfest 2006 (Japan)^[59]
• Bear in Gold, Festival Der Nationen 2006 (Austria)
• Best Short Documentary Film, Animation Block Party New York 2006 (USA)
• Best Animation Film, Dokufest 2006 (Kosovo)
• Best International Documentary, Santiago International Short Film Festival 2006 (Chile)
• Best Director Animation, Monstramundo 2006 (Brazil)
• Best Script Animation, Monstramundo 2006 (Brazil)
• Youth Jury Award for Most Inspirational Short Film, Reel 2 Real International Film Festival for Youth 2007 (Canada)
• First Prize in the Documentary Section, 10 Mostra Internacional de Curtmetratges de Sagunt 2007 (Spain)
• Best Documentary, PA Film Institute Festival 2007 (USA)
• Platinum Remi, Best Animation, Worldfest Houston 2007 (USA)
• Special Jury Prize, Directing, Indianapolis Film Festival 2007 (USA)
• Best Documentary, Arizona International Film Festival 2007 (USA)
• Special Jury Award for Best Animated Film, Ismailia International Film Festival 2007 (Egypt)
• Best Documentary, Filmest Badalona Festival 2007 (Spain)
• Honorable Mention, Best Short International Film, Festival International de Curtas de Belo Horizonte 2006 (Brazil)
• Honorable Mention, International Animation Competition, Monterrey International Festival 2006 (Mexico)
• Special Mention Animation, Seddicorto International Festival 2006 (Italia)
• Special Mention Animation, Luciana Film Festival 2006 (Italia)

Post-Partum (2004)

• Special Jury Prize for Most Innovative Approach, Guangzhou International Documentary Festival 2005 (China)
• Gold Special Jury Award, Worldfest Houston 2005 (USA)
• GAIA Award, Moondance International Film Festival 2005 (USA)
• Shoestring Award, Rochester International Film Festival 2005 (USA)
• Artistic Development Award, Imperial Tobacco Canada Arts Council 2004
• J.A. De Sève Graduate Award 2004, Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema (Canada)

External links

Professeur at Université Laval

Notes and References

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3. Web site: Andrysiak . Lou . 6 June 2024 . Portrait : Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre's Animated Cinema. For a Positive Depiction of Female Desire . 27 August 2024 . Labo Ciné Média.
4. Jutra, dossier de presse de l'Office national du film du Canada, à propos de la réalisatrice et productrice, .
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6. Web site: Bergeret . Marie . 12 November 2009 . Passages de Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre . 9 September 2024 . Format Court.
7. Barbosa Macêdo . Silvana . Queiroz Araújo . Pamella Emília . 2019 . Rompendo o silêncio: Animação Passages de Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre . Art&Sensorium . Revista Interdisciplinar Internacional de Artes Visuais. Vol.06. No.2 . pt . 2019 . 6 . 2 . 086–099 . 10.33871/23580437.2019.6.2.086-099 . 9 September 2024. free .
8. Web site: Réalisatrices Équitables . 6 February 2016 . Les dames du doc : Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre . 9 September 2024 . Vimeo.
9. Web site: Cannes Short Film Corner 2018: Your mother is a thief! . 9 September 2024 . We are moving stories. 18 May 2018 .
10. Web site: Gagnon . Alexis . 18 November 2006 . Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre; Droit de cité pour le documentaire animé . lienmultimedia.com.
11. Web site: Mitchell . Ben . 3 February 2015 . Interview with Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre, director of "Jutra" & "McLaren's Negatives" . 1 September 2015 . skwigly.co.uk.
12. Web site: airelibre.tv . 24 February 2015 . Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre. De qui ? De quoi ? Êtes-vous le contemporain ? . 1 September 2024 . youtube.com.
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14. Web site: 10 March 2015 . Lightbox: Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre (MJSTP FIlms/ National Film Board of Canada) – Interview . 1 September 2014 . Skwigly, Online Animation Magazine.
15. Racine, D. (Automne 2022). Recension: La Théorie Lauzon, Séquences, No. 332.
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17. Web site: 23 April 2024 . Jutra, le film, sur la croisette . 1 September 2024 . ici.radio-canada.ca.
18. Web site: Ouighours prisonniers de l'absurde . 1 September 2024 . collection.nfb.ca.
19. Web site: Caza . Pierre-Etienne . 4 October 2016 . Boursière Vanier. La doctorante Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre obtient la plus prestigieuse bourse d'études supérieures au Canada . 29 August 2024 . actualites.uqam.ca.
20. Web site: Tremblay . Marie-Claude . 10 January 2020 . La réalisatrice Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre en voie de terminer son doctorat . 30 August 2024 . Radio-Canada.
21. Web site: Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre . 2024-10-02 . École de design Université Laval . fr-FR.
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24. Pageau, P. (14 juin 2022). Femmes et cinéma d’animation : Recension. KinoCulture Montréal.
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26. Web site: Saint-Pierre . Marie-Josée . 2020-09-13 . Quebec Animation Cinema and Women’s Agentivity: an exploration of sexuality and desire through the works of three animators produced at the National Film Board of Canada – Animation Studies . 2024-10-02 . en-US.
27. Web site: Saint-Pierre . Marie-Josée . 13 May 2020 . Cinéma d’animation québécois et agentivité féminine. Une exploration de la sexualité et du désir à travers trois œuvres d’animatrices produites à l’Office National du Film du Canada . 2024-10-01 . Érudit.
28. Web site: Pour des histoires audiovisuelles des femmes au Québec . 2024-10-02 . pum.umontreal.ca . fr.
29. Web site: Saint-Pierre . Marie-Josée . 23 January 2024 . Johanne Jutras, Pornographies…, Montréal, BouquinBec, 2021, 250 p. . 2024-10-02 . Érudit.
30. Web site: Saint-Pierre . Marie-Josée . 2023-06-10 . Women in Animation: A Feminist Body of Work at the National Film Board of Canada 1939-1989 . 2024-10-02 . ASIFA . en-US.
31. Saint-Pierre . Marie-Josée . Brun . Josette . 24 May 2023 . Estelle Lebel (1945-2022), chercheuse, professeure, réalisatrice et militante féministe . Recherches féministes . 35 . 1 . Érudit.
32. https://www.synoptique.ca/_files/ugd/811df8_d5ddb34dbcb246cf886074cd70e8c734.pdf Saint-Pierre, Marie-Josée. https://www.synoptique.ca/_files/ugd/811df8_d5ddb34dbcb246cf886074cd70e8c734.pdf
33. Web site: Saint-Pierre . Marie-Josée . 2014-05-22 . I'm Caught Up in the Whirlwind of Cannes . 2024-10-02 . HuffPost . en.
34. Web site: Saint-Pierre . Marie-Josée . 2014-05-20 . My First Time at Cannes: The Trip of My Life . 2024-10-02 . HuffPost . en.
35. Web site: Les infirmières de la folie . 2024-10-02 . www.lesinfirmieresdelafolie.ca.
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41. Web site: La théorie Lauzon . 2024-09-20 . festivalregard.com.
42. Web site: 2018-05-18 . Cannes Short Film Corner 2018 - Your Mother is a Thief! . 2024-09-20 . We are moving stories . en-US.
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55. Web site: 2009 Awards Sapporo Short Fest 2009 The 4th Sapporo International Short Film Festival and Market . 2024-09-20 . sapporoshortfest.jp.
56. 2007-02-19 . La 9e soirée des Jutra . La Presse . c3 . Collections de BAnQ..
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