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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
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • FESTIVAL DE LA IMAGEN
    Bogota, Manizales
    Colombia
    May 3, 2025
  • Traverse Vidéo
    Toulouse
    France
    March 6, 2025
  • LES SOMMETS DE L’ANIMATION
    Montréal
    Canada
    May 28, 2025
  • CINESALON,
    Cork
    Ireland
    December 6, 2025
  • Montreal Underground Film Festival (MUFF)
    Montréal
    Canada
    May 17, 2025
  • BIDEODROMO, International Experimental Film and Video Festival
    Bilbao
    Spain
    October 28, 2025
  • ANTIMATTER
    Victoria
    Canada
    October 18, 2025
  • InTact Festival
    Bangkok
    Thailand
    December 21, 2024
  • SUSPAUSTAS LAIKAS FESTIVAL
    Klaipėda
    Lithuania
    August 9, 2025
  • VIDEOART.IST
    Izmir, Istanbul
    Türkiye
    October 11, 2025
  • FILMWINTER
    Stuttgart
    Germany
    January 18, 2026
  • DIGITAL TRACE
    DIGITAL TRACE
    Georgia
    December 21, 2025
  • MAGMART
    Naples
    Italy
    May 12, 2025
  • ECHOES
    Kaunas
    Lithuania
    April 15, 2025
  • ON SCREEN
    Vienna
    Austria
    July 17, 2026
  • DELETE TV
    London
    United Kingdom
    August 13, 2025
  • ÉCRAN LIBRE
    Chelsea
    Canada
    November 22, 2025
  • LA HORA ACUSMATICA
    Cordoba
    Argentina
    July 17, 2026
  • KERALA SHORT FILM FESTIVA
    KERALA
    India
    March 29, 2025
  • ALIBAG SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
    ALIBAG
    India
    October 4, 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.