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.
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.
- 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)
Un/Write
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.
- 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 1. (Worms eye close up shots)
