The Orchid and the Bee
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Nature is wondrous and clever. As Darwin taught us, those who improvise most effectively prevail. There
are species who under threat revert to earlier forms, others who cultivate parasitic relationships with neighbouring beings, while the
most inventive ones transform their bodies to mimic and seduce unsuspecting companions. The Orchid and the Bee is an expressionistic VR
ode to life’s struggle for existence, explored through a chain of genetic love affairs.
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in English |
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5 min |
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All ages |
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Canada |
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360 |
ARTISTs
Photo : Sztella Muzslai
Frances Adair Mckenzie
She
is an interdisciplinary artist who has exhibited in Canada and Europe. Her work negotiates speculative investigations into concepts of
materiality, staging and form, always in deference to process as the hands-on manipulation of real materials and objects, most often
through the interface of digital technology and sculpture. Frances’s association with the NFB began with the 10th edition of Hothouse,
when she created the surrealist animated short A Little Craving.
Photo
: David Fine
Michael Fukushima
He was
the executive producer of the NFB’s world-renowned English Program Animation Studio from 2013 to 2021. The National Film Board of
Canada (NFB) is one of the world’s leading digital content hubs. After briefly freelancing following college, Fukushima joined the NFB
in 1990 as a filmmaker before becoming a studio producer. During his distinguished tenure at the NFB he produced or executive-produced
more than 200 films, including projects with Oscar winners Alison Snowden, David Fine and Torill Kove. In 2014 Fukushima became a
member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Awards & Honors
Credits
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY – Frances Adair
Mckenzie ■
Producer – Jelena Popović ■
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER – Michael
Fukushima ■
BASED ON THE IDEA BY – Frances
Adair Mckenzie, Michael Juretic, Luka Sanader ■
DESIGN / ANIMATION – Frances Adair
McKenzie, Brandon Blommaert, Fred Casia, Elise Simard ■
COMPOSITING AND STEREOSCOPY –
Fred Casia, Frances Adair Mckenzie ■
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR – Eloi
Champagne ■
ONLINE EDITING - Serge Verreault ■ SET
FABRICATION –
Dany Boivi, Frances Adair Mckenzie ■
SET DRESSING ASSISTANT – Eva Cvijanović ■ MAQUETTE
/ MAYA –
Noncedo Khumalo ■
TECHNICAL CONSULTANT - Dominic Mercier ■ TECHNICAL
ADVISERS –
Frank Nadeau, Frédéric Sauvé ■
MUSIC – Jennifer Castle © 2019 National Film Board of Canada – Office national du film du
Canada (SOCAN) ■
SOUND DESIGN – Catherine Van Der Donckt ■ IMMERSIVE SOUND DESIGN
– Headspace Studio ■ RE-RECORDING – Geoffrey
Mitchell ■
FOLEY AND MUSIC RECORDING – Geoffrey Mitchell ■ FOLEY
– Karla
Baumgardner ■
FOLEY ASSISTANT – Rod Thibeault ■ TITLES
AND CREDITS -
Brandon Blommaert, Fred Casia ■
TECHNICAL COORDINATION – Randall Finnerty, Luc Binette,
Maud Chayer ■
STUDIO ADMINISTRATION Victoire Bessette, Rosalina Di Sario ■ SENIOR
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR –
Dominique Forget ■
STUDIO COORDINATORS – Barry Ahmad, Faisal Moula ■ SPECIAL
THANKS –
Charlotte Fisher, Astroplastique ■
MARKETING – Laurianne Désormiers, Sophie Thouin
THE ORCHID AND THE BEE Produced by the National Film Board of Canada © 2020