Here and the Great Elsewhere () is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Michèle Lemieux and released in 2012.Odile Tremblay, "D'ombres et d'épingles". Le Devoir, February 14, 2012. Made using pinscreen animation, the film is a philosophical meditation on the ultimate meaning of life, through the story of an everyman figure confronting existential mysteries about the universe.Maggie Lange, "It Took 240,000 Pins to Make the Most Innovative Short Film of the Year". The Atlantic, December 28, 2012.
Lemieux made the film on the pinscreen given to her by animator Jacques Drouin.
The film premiered at the 2012 Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois."RVCQ : un court-métrage de Michèle Lemieux en ouverture". Radio-Canada, January 26, 2012.
It was the winner of the Grand Prix at the Cinemania festival in Portugal,"Le grand ailleurs et le petit ici primé". Le Devoir, November 21, 2012. and was a Jutra Award nominee for Best Animated Short Film at the 15th Jutra Awards in 2013."Jutra : Laurence anyways et Rebelle en tête des nominations" . Ici Radio-Canada, January 31, 2013.
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