The legend of Joan of Arc
Film Duration: 45 min. In English with French subtitles.
Present at the screening will be the Director, Steven Ritz-Barr, and Joan’s voice, Andia Winslow, and two puppets- Joan and her horse.
After the film, a presentation by director Steven Ritz-Barr titled: Transposition of an Icon – The Legend of Joan of Arc- a puppet film. Discover the wings of the animation stage, and learn how the film was made- with a demonstration of how the voice was produced from human to puppet.
Steven Ritz-Barr has practised Puppetry Arts for almost 4 decades, first in the theatre, then cinema and television in France (Les Guignols de L’info, Lustrucru PR de Jean-Pierre Jeunet, etc) then in Hollywood (Batman Returns, Men in Black, Alien 4...). Since 2007 he has concentrated entirely on his company, Classics in Miniature® with the objective to give new life to classic heroes (Faust, 2008; Don Quixote , 2010) using traditionally styled sophisticated string puppets.