The Household
Senior thesis project - a culmination of animation, video, sound. This emotional, storytelling piece leads the viewer through an abstract world depicting the trauma experienced by a little girl in a family tormented by alcoholism.
The Escape
Junior film - a precursor to “The HouseHold”. A personal project that grew out of life experiences and explored themes such as anxiety, trauma, depression and coping. An experimental piece, Lara explored different digital aesthetics and styles.
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Ó Bhéal’s 10th Winter Warmer Poetry festival
(Cork, Ireland, Nov 27, 2022 and available online afterward)
HECare Film Festival (Human-Environment Care Film Festival HECFF)
(Toronto, Ontario, Dec 16, 2022)
REEL poetry/Houston TX 2023 International Festival
(Houston, TX Feb 23-26, 2023)
International Poetry Film Festival
(Beyond Baroque, Venice, CA, April 28, 2023)
International Migration and Environmental Film Festival IMEFF
(Online Toronto, Ontario, June 5-11, 2023)
Merry
Merry, 2022, is animated and co-directed by Lara Renaud and Quinn Kelly. Quinn Kelly is also responsible for sound design. The Poet Laurette of Vancouver BC 2022, Fiona Tinwei Lam wrote, narrated, commissioned,
co-directed, and produced this film. Merry discusses plastic consumption and toxic consumerist culture around Christmas time.
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Un/Write
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Un/Write, 2023, animated and co-directed by Lara Renaud and Quinn Kelly. Sound design also by Quinn Kelly. Written, commissioned, produced, vocalized and co-directed by the Poet Laureate of Vancouver BC, Fiona Tinwei Lam. This poetry film celebrates the idea of the deterioration and construction of creativity.
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JÁ Fest 2023, International Poetry Film Competition
(Lisbon, Portugal, April 13, 2023)
Aotearoa Poetry Film Festival
(Wellington, New Zealand, November 2, 2023)
Nature & Culture Festival
(Copenhagen, Denmark, November 20-30, 2023)
REEL poetry Houston
(Houston, Texas, April 1-7, 2024)
Reel
This is a reel sharing Lara Renaud's animations created from 2020-2024.
Paradox (Performed by Orchid Tooth)
This is a live music video shot by the Video & Sound class of PNCA 2022. Each student then took the footage to create their own edits, this is Lara's. Lara also operated camera I.
(Worms eye close up shots)