Agency - French program:.Animation and Youth Studio. Study guide available.

Direction, Catherine Arcand ; script, Catherine Arcand ; animation, Catherine Arcand ; animation, Luc Chamberland ; set design, Claudine Gévry ; digital imaging specialist, Susan Gourley, Pierre Plouffe ; picture editing, Natacha Dufaux ; music, Normand Roger ; sound design, Normand Roger ; re-recording, Serge Boivin, Shelley Craig, Jean Paul Vialard ; executive producer, Michèle Bélanger, Marcel Jean ; producer, Michèle Bélanger.

Recorded 2007.

Who hasn't felt apprehensive at the thought of starting high school? This is the central theme of this short animated film. Playing on imagination and humour, the director offers viewers a thought-provoking piece dealing with the transition that young people between the ages of 10 and 13 experience. Inspired by the work of Escher and Magritte, Catherine Arcand has created a graphically rich film through optical illusions and trompe-l'oeil effects. Her style aptly illustrates the theme of perceptions and is perfectly suited to conveying the dream world into which the film takes us. Without words.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Honourable Mention, 2007 Honourable Mention, 2008

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).