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Sente

The animation collects field recordings and images captured in my environment and samples of my own voice. The animated sketches follow my journey through the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve neighborhood. The film reveals a phonography and a drawing filled with artifacts, amplified noises, and live analog processing, peering into the fringes of these fleeting moments.

  • Myriam Bessette
    Director
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Sente
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Experimental
  • Runtime:
    5 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    August 6, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    8,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Canada
  • Country of Filming:
    Canada
  • Language:
    French
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • FESTIVAL DE LA IMAGEN
    Bogota, Manizales
    Colombia
    May 3, 2025
  • InTact Festival
    Bangkok
    Thailand
    December 21, 2024
  • Traverse Vidéo
    Toulouse
    France
    March 6, 2025
  • LES SOMMETS DE L’ANIMATION
    Montréal
    Canada
    May 28, 2025
  • Montreal Underground Film Festival (MUFF)
    Montréal
    Canada
    May 17, 2025
  • MAGMART

    Italy
    May 12, 2025
Director Biography - Myriam Bessette

Holding a bachelor's degree from the School of Visual and Media Arts of Montreal (UQAM), Myriam Bessette joined the Montreal center Perte de Signal in 2001. Her installations have been presented in Canada and in many European cities; Istanbul, Leipzig, Ghent, Marseille, Stuttgart, Trieste, Paris, Barcelona, Brussels. Additionally, her filmworks have been showcased in numerous festivals, including Sonar (Barcelona), the New Zealand International Film Festival (Auckland), the European Media Art Festival (Osnabrück), and Elektra (Montreal). Her film Azur (2001) was acquired by the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec. Myriam Bessette lives and works in Montreal.

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Director Statement

With a background in visual arts, Myriam Bessette explores drawing and sound sampling, which she transforms and animates using technological tools. Her works, rhythmic and synesthetic, generated by elements in perpetual permutation, reconcile the traditional nature of the unique and eternal artwork with the contemporary character marked by recycling and the great variability of data. She works with electronic reality to offer us always surprising propositions.