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Focus on Evelyn Lambart

Fri, 04. 3., 17:30Sun, 06. 3., 17:30

Duration: 55 minutes

Curated and presented by Julie Roy, executive producer at The National Film Board of Canada

Evelyn Lambart is undoubtedly the most important of the pioneers in Canadian animation. Hired by the National Film Board of Canada in 1942, she was immediately assigned to work on mapping projects. Then, from 1944 to 1965, she collaborated with the founder of the NFB’s animation studio, Norman McLaren, with whom she co-directed five films. Afterwards, she focused on her own work, making six short films that are notable for their charm. Few retrospectives have been made about her over the years. This, then, is an opportunity to pay tribute to the tremendous value of her work

Making Movie History

Making Movie History: Evelyn Lambart

Joanne Robertson
Canada
2014,
05'27

Animation pioneer Evelyn Lambart recalls arriving at the NFB in the 1940s, her celebrated collaborations with Norman McLaren and her approach to her solo work. 

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Evelyn Lambart

Éric Barbeau
Canada
2005,
05'37

In this short documentary director Éric Barbeau provides an insight into Evelyn Lambart’s work, focussing on the collaboration between her and NFB founder Norman McLaren. 

The Impossible Map

The Impossible Map

Evelyn Lambart
Canada
1947,
10'17

Development in long-range travel and the growing importance of the Arctic and Antarctic regions make it necessary to understand how maps may be misleading. Experiments with a grapefruit illustrate the difficulty of presenting a true picture of the world on a flat surface and it is concluded that the globe is the most accurate way of representing the earth.

Mister Frog Went-A-Courting

Mister Frog Went-A-Courting

Evelyn Lambart
Canada
1974,
04'31

Based on an old Scottish song the movie tells the story about a handsome frog who courts and wins a mouse for his bride. 

The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse

The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse

Evelyn Lambart
Canada
1980,
05'25

Evelyn Lambart uses her well-known style – paper figures and brightly coloured backgrounds – to revisit Aesop’s tale of two mice with vastly different lifestyles. 

Lines Horizontal

Lines Horizontal

Evelyn Lambart & Norman McLaren
Canada
1962,
06'00

An experiment in pure design. Lines, ruled directly on film, move with precision and grace against a background of changing colours. The images are accompanied by American folk musician Pete Seeger.

Mosaïc

Mosaïc

Evelyn Lambart & Norman McLaren
Canada
1965,
05'41

This short tempts the eye with gradually unfolding yet increasingly complex movement, colour and sound. Reminiscent of the mid-20th-century style of Op Art, the film follows a single tiny square as it divides and multiplies, eventually forming a colourful, hypnotic mosaic set to the animators’ precise and deliberate musical orchestration.

 

Begone Dull Care

Begone Dull Care

Evelyn Lambart & Norman McLaren
Canada
1949,
07’52

The directors painted colours, shapes, and transformations directly on to their filmstrip. The result is a vivid interpretation, in fluid lines and colour, of jazz music played by the Oscar Peterson Trio.

Paradise Lost

Paradise Lost

Evelyn Lambart
Canada
1970,
03'48

A wordless plea for the right of all living creatures to a clean, unpolluted environment. With rich colour and intricate animated motion, the film features birds, butterflies and other woodland creatures succumbing to air pollution caused by human inventions.

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