Skwigly.com presents Animation One-To-Ones featuring Ben Mitchell in conversation with Janice Nadeau.

Continuing her relationship with the National Film Board of Canada and French animation studio Folimage, Janice has recently followed up on her short films No Fish Where to Go (2014) and Mamie (2016) with Harvey, which plays in competition this week at the 2023 Annecy International Animation Festival in the Young Audiences category.

An adaptation of the children’s graphic novel Harvey: How I Became Invisible by Hervé Bouchard, for which she did the illustrations, the animated film version depicts a young boy who candidly recalls the spring day when his world turned upside down; a poetic examination of bereavement and coping with the loss of a parent rendered in the director’s distinctive and appealingly traditional illustrative style.

A three-time recipient of Canada’s prestigious Governor General’s Literary Award, Janice currently teaches at the UQAM School of Design in Montreal.

Interview conducted by Ben Mitchell
Produced, edited and presented by Ben Mitchell