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Chasse Galerite

Chasse Galerite

Brian Hawkins

United States | 2020 | 6 min
French |
Subtitles: English
Available on ARTS.FILM from May 3, 2024

Chasse Galerite is a passionate hunter whose untamed desire often leads him into trouble. Set in the Illinois Country in the late 17th century, this humorous and imaginative folktale, cherished by Missouri’s French Creole community, is told in the local dialect by one of its last native speakers.
Ovierview of some festivals:
Boston Short Film Festival, United States (2022)
Brussels Independent Film Festival, Belgium (2022)
Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival, United States (2022)
Francophone Short Films in Harlem, United States (2022)
GIRAF 18 Festival of Indepedent Animation, Canada (2022)
Director Brian Hawkins
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Brian Hawkins

Brian Hawkins

Brian Hawkins (b. 1987 in Kansas City, Missouri) is an artist and filmmaker whose work is concerned with the vagaries of memory and historical narratives. He has produced a series of intricate, cut-paper animations which draw inspiration from the music, folklore, and history of his native state. His works have been screened at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in France, Fest An?a International Animation Festival in Slovakia, and at SIGGRAPH Dailies and GLAS Animation Festival in the United States.

Biographical notes provided by the film production team
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Murmurations (2018)
Inquisitive Vignettes (2014)
Traces (2014)
The Archivist (2013)

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