Misérable Miracle / Miserable Miracle
Ryo Orikasa
France, Canada, Japan / 2023 / 8' 13''Screenings
Synopsis
Inspired by the poems and drawings of Henri Michaux about his experience with mescaline, Miserable Miracle explores the limits of language and perception, creating connections between sound, meaning, shapes and movement.
Ryo Orikasa was born in 1986 in Ibaraki, Japan. His film Datum Point (2015) received several awards, including the Ōfuji Noburō Award, The Mainichi Film Awards 2015, the Golden Zagreb Award at Animafest Zagreb 2016, and the Best Experimental or Abstract Animation Award at the Ottawa International Animation Festival 2016. His recent film, Misérable Miracle (2023) was inspired by the work of Henri Michaux.
Director
Ryo Orikasa
Production
Miyu Productions, National Film Board of Canada, New Deer
Screenplay
Ryo Orikasa
Music
Sacha Ratcliffe
Editing
Serge Verreault
Animation
Ryo Orikasa, Anne Huynh, Keigo Ito, Tatsuhiro Ariyoshi, Yuka Abe
Other
Koloriranje / Colorisation: Alice Sarrauste, Anaïs Gauchot, Liang Hsin Huang, Anna Takagi, Kohei Saito, Sijia Luo, Yuka Abe, Çağıl Harmandar, Wen Pang, Amane Oda, Yuki Maehata, Haruka Shimizu, Shiika Okada, Akari Higo
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