ONCE UPON… MY STORY!
Canada | Directed by Francis Gélinas | Français, Anglais
22 min
Licensing
Once upon a time… children were invited to let their imagination run free and tell stories using their own words. Animated for the small screen, these charming, humorous adventures combine reality and fantasy, and immerse us in the unbridled imagination of children. Once Upon… My Story! celebrates the wit, spontaneity and boundless imagination of young children. Everything is possible: frogs can fly, cookies grow on trees and one can sail a bunk bed like a ship. A real treat!
AWARDS AND FESTIVALS
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- BEST CHILDREN MOVIE | Dome Under Film Festival, Melbourne, Australie (2024)
- OFFICIAL SELECTION | GIFFMX, Geneva, Suisse (2023)
- OFFICIAL SELECTION | FIVARS, Toronto, Canada (2023)
- OFFICIAL SELECTION | Byron Bay Film Festival, Byron Bay, Australie (2023)
- OFFICIAL SELECTION | Avanca Film Festival, Avanca, Portugal (2024)
- OFFICIAL SELECTION | Aesthetica Film Festival, York, Angleterre (2024)
- OFFICIAL SELECTION | Kaohsiung XR Dreamland, Kaohsiung, Taïwan (2024)
- OFFICIAL SELECTION | Animest, Nancy, France (2024)
- OFFICIAL SELECTION | VR Days (Church of VR), Rotterdam, Pays-Bas (2024)
- OFFICIAL SELECTION | Imersa, Montréal, Canada (2023)
- OFFICIAL SELECTION | Dome Fest West, Colorado, États-Unis (2023)
- OFFICIAL SELECTION | Sepa Maps (2023)
- OFFICIAL SELECTION | BRNO Fulldome Film Festival, Brno, République Tchèque (2023)
- OFFICIAL SELECTION | Jena Fulldome Film Festival, Jena, Allemagne (2023)
- OFFICIAL SELECTION | Macon Film Festival, Géorgie, États-Unis (2023)
- OFFICIAL SELECTION | Best of Earth Awards (2024)
CREDITS
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An original concept by
Francis Gélinas
Producers
Madeleine Lévesque
Dominique Mendel
Director and writter
Francis Gélinas
Based on a story by
Saule Gélinas
Gabrielle Drouin
Axel Gosselin
Charlie Bélanger
Brianna Lanthier
Samuel Groulx
With the voice of
Saule Gélinas
Gabrielle Drouin
Axel Gosselin
Charlie Bélanger
Brianna Lanthier
Samuel Groulx
Soundman
Frédéric Edwards
Animation
Artistic director and storyboard supervisor
Francis Gélinas
Caracter Design
Benoit Godbout
Francis Gélinas
Location design
Christian Robert
Marc Denault
Francis Gélinas
Original music
Tim Rideau
Sound design and mix
JFB
Production manager
Roxanne Geoffroy
Production coordinator
Barthélémy Glumineau
Research
Karine Perreault
Story coach
Catherine Cyr
Storyboards and animatics
Julien Dufour
Layout
Paul Dupuis
Vincent Gosselin
Rigging
Anne-Marie Robert
Marc-André Paquin
Matisse Verheyden
Offline editing and special effects
Francis Gélinas
Martin Jean
Noémi Baron
Sarah Brouillet
Dulciane Desautels
2D Animation
Marie-Ève Martin
Annem-Marie Robert
Michèle Paquin
Dustin Carpenter
Vincent Gosselin
Marc-André Paquin
Francis Gélinas
3D Supervisor
Jean-François Gauthier
3D Animation
Vincent Gosselin
Anastasia Fadous
Florence Turmel
3D Lightning and shading
Agora Vfx
Camilo Ramirez
Financing and Buisness affairs
Joelle Nadeau
Legal affairs
Vanessa Loubineau
ARTEM Studio Juridique
Production accounting
Lise Pruneau
Interim financing
Banque Nationale du Canada
Groupe Industries Créatives
Produced with the collaboration of
Senior content coordinator
Joannie Rollin
Original production manager
Anthony Cauchy
Content director
Jérôme Hellio
Groupe Media TFO
Co-production and acquisition director
Marianne Lambert
Produced with the financial participation of
Francis Gélinas
Director
Francis Gélinas graduated from the N.A.D. center in video game design, from the Cégep de Maisonneuve in Multimedia Integration Techniques, and from Concordia University in Fine Arts with a major in animation cinema. He has been working in the animation and cinema field for over 16 years. Initially an animator, then an Artistic Director and Director at Moment Factory, he founded his own company (couleur.tv) in 2006. He experiments with animation in all its forms: stop motion, 2D animation, 3D animation and scenic projections. He has directed animation web series, projection shows in theme parks, and worked on hundreds of commercial projects for clients such as: Igloofest, Radio-Canada, Télé-Québec, Coca Cola, ONF, Felix
& Paul Studios, Moment Factory, Ubisoft, Sid Lee, 4U2C, to name a few. His personal films have been awarded in festivals around the world and his work in television (Bébéatrice on Radio-Canada, On parle de sexe on Télé Québec) has received praise from the industry and his peers. His work can be seen on Unis and TV5 in the television series Les Mimistoires, on TFO and tou.tv as
well.
Since its foundation in 2006, projects have not stopped. Artist videos, video game promotions, music shows, multi-projector immersive documentaries, mixed medium web series, animated TV series, museum installations, and personal films are just a few examples. Many of these projects have been awarded in contests and by peers. Couleur.tv makes a point of reinventing itself with each project, this is our motto. We work to evoke emotions by offering new narrative perspectives. To achieve this, we use technology to serve our creative madness.