Florence Miailhe

Active author since the early 90s Florence Miailhe is one of the most famous animators in the world, capable of becoming, with her unique and complex painting style, a point of reference in the world of animation.
Florence Miailhe, of pictorial training, managed to combine painting and animation by analyzing and researching the themes of the body and sensuality through stories drawn from The Thousand and One Nights and from places of social meeting, such as Turkish baths or parties of country, among others.
After graduating from the French National School of Decorative Arts, she began her career as a model maker and directed her first short film, Hammam, in 1991. Her animation technique is based on “animated painting” with the use of colored pastels and even sand, mixes the various artistic techniques directly in the shooting phase. His film, A Summer Night Rendez-Vous, won the best short film award at the 2002 César Awards. He also received a special mention at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival for his film Conte de quartier, as well as the crystal of honor ( Lifetime Achievement Award) in 2015 in Annecy.
Imaginaria awards a Special Prize and dedicates an integral retrospective to Florence Miailhe to introduce the Italian public to one of the most important animators of the last 30 years, as well known at home and abroad as yet to be discovered in Italy.

The films of the retrospective:
Hammam / Florence Miailhe / 1991 / Animation / France / 9 ‘
Schéhérazade / Florence Miailhe / 1995 / Animation / France / 16 ‘
Histoire d’un prince devenu borgne et mendiant / Florence Miailhe / 1996 / Animation / France / 16 ‘
Au Premier Dimanche d’Août / Florence Miailhe / 2001 / Animation / France / 11 ‘
Les oiseaux blancs, les oiseaux noirs / Florence Miailhe / 2002 / Animation / France / 4 ‘
Conte de Quartier / Florence Miailhe / 2005 / Animation / France / 15 ‘
Méandres / Florence Miailhe / 2013 / Animation / France / 23 ‘