Beurk !
Director Loïc ESPUCHE
Runtime 13 min
Country France
Language French
Subtitles English
Premiere Ontario Premiere

Synopsis

Yuck! Kissing on the mouth is disgusting. But secretly, little Léo really wants to try it...

Screenings

09:30

Ottawa Art Gallery: Alma Duncan Salon

Animation for Young Audiences 7+ Competition

Saturday 9/28
QA

Cast and crew

Director Loïc ESPUCHE

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.

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