Short film
The Painting
2025 · 12 min
A hushed, meditative encounter with a painted face, unfolding through shimmering textures that reward patient, close attention.
- Directed by
- Michèle Lemieux
- Genres
- Animation, Drama
- Overview
- Utilising the Alexeïeff-Parker pinscreen technique, this visually poetic non-narrative film revisits Diego Vélasquez’s 1652 portrait of Queen Mariana of Austria with genuine feeling.
- How it feels
- Melancholic, earnest, eerie and dark. Slow-burning and demanding.
- About
- Identity, memory, power, isolation
- Content
- Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Michèle Lemieux
- Genres
- Animation, Drama