Miserable Miracle (film)
Miserable Miracle is a 2023 animated short film directed by Ryo Orikasa. It’s a collaboration between the National Film Board of Canada, Miyu Productions (France), and New Deer (Japan). The film uses abstract animation based on Henri Michaux’s poetry, turning his words into shapes and human-like figures to explore sound and meaning.
The English narration is by Tony Robinow, and the French narration is by Denis Lavant. A Japanese-language version is planned for 2024.
Key details:
- Based on Miserable Miracle by Henri Michaux
- Producers: Emmanuel-Alain Raynal, Pierre Baussaron, Jelena Popović, Robert McLaughlin, Michael Fukushima, Nobuaki Doi
- Edited by: Ryo Orikasa
- Music by: Sacha Ratcliffe
- Running time: 8 minutes
- Languages: English and French (Japanese version planned for 2024)
- Production companies: National Film Board of Canada, Miyu Productions, New Deer
- Release: September 2023 (Ottawa International Animation Festival)
- Awards: Won the Grand Prize for short animation at the 2023 Ottawa International Animation Festival; nominated for Best Animated Short at the 2024 Canadian Screen Awards
This page was last edited on 2 February 2026, at 09:30 (CET).