Entropic Memory
TITLE
Entropic Memory
DIRECTOR
Nicolas Brault
COUNTRY
Canada
YEAR
2024
DURATION
7′
GENRE
Video Art & Experimental
Overview
Entropic Memory
This photographic exploration of family photo albums ravaged by water evokes hazy and indistinct memories, poignant witnesses of a fragile past.
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Nicolas Brault
Nicolas Brault is a multi-award winning filmmaker and Professor teaching the art of animation at Université Laval. In 2000, he won the National Film Board of Canada’s Cinéaste recherché(e) competition. His film Antagonia (2002) won an award at the Cinanima International Animated Film Festival, and The Circus(2011) was nominated for Best Animated Film at the 37th César Awards. In 2012, he developed a series of short non-narrative films and immersive projections around the human body. Of this series, Foreign Bodies (2013) won the Off-Limits Award at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival, and Squame (2015) received several international awards. The series' newest entry is Entropic Memory (2024).
Credits
- DirectorNicolas Brault
- Screenplay Nicolas Brault
- Cinematography
- Cast
- EditingSerge Verreault
- Producer/s Nicolas Brault
- Production Company
- Distributor/s
- Project TitleEntropic Memory
- Project TypeVideo Art & Experimental
- Completion Date 1 January 2024
- Country of originCanada
- Country of filmingCanada
- Language
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student ProjectNo
Nicolas Brault
Nicolas Brault is a multi-award winning filmmaker and Professor teaching the art of animation at Université Laval. In 2000, he won the National Film Board of Canada’s Cinéaste recherché(e) competition. His film Antagonia (2002) won an award at the Cinanima International Animated Film Festival, and The Circus(2011) was nominated for Best Animated Film at the 37th César Awards. In 2012, he developed a series of short non-narrative films and immersive projections around the human body. Of this series, Foreign Bodies (2013) won the Off-Limits Award at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival, and Squame (2015) received several international awards. The series' newest entry is Entropic Memory (2024).