Yuck!
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Yuck! Kissing on the mouth is disgusting. But secretly, little Léo really wants to try it...
Screenings
Ottawa Art Gallery: Alma Duncan Salon
Animation for Young Audiences 7+ Competition
Cast and crew
Filmmaker Biography:
Loïc Espuche is a French animation film director born in Villeurbanne in 1989. After graduating in visual communication at La Martinière in Lyon, he trained in animation and filmmaking at EMCA and Ecole de La Poudrière.
During his studies, he made funny yet sensitive films that was well received at festivals: I’ll come back in a few days (2013) was selected at Clermont-Ferrand, Annecy and the Sommets du cinéma d'animation in Montreal, among others. In 2015, he won Canal J's Prix des Espoirs de l'animation with Les Chocottes. His graduation film, Tombés du nid (Fallen from the Nest), was pre-purchased by ARTE and, in addition to its numerous selections, received the Audience Award at Premiers plans d'Angers, the Best Student Film Award at Meknès and the SACD Award at the Festival national du film d'animation de Bruz. In 2016, Loïc took part in season 3 of En sortant de l'école devoted to Guillaume Apollinaire and adapted the poem "Mutation".
He has also held various positions (director, animation supervisor, storyboarder) on series, feature films and shorts.