“IDOL” has won the Best Experimental Award at the Toronto Shorts International Festival (Toronto, Canada):
It is also the winner of the first Audience Award at Festival CinemaZERO in Trente, Italy!
Two more awards for “IDOL”!
IDOL in Indonesia
IDOL will be shown online as part of the international puppet festival Pesta Boneka in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, October 3-9!
IDOL at Video Poetry Festival in Athens, Greece
IDOL will be part of the 10th International Video Poetry Festival in Athens, Greece, which features 200 artists from 64 countries. Sept. 28 – Oct. 1, 2022.
“IDOL” wins an award!
Winner of best short film for the category Vancouver Island/Gulf Islands/Sunshine Coast!
La chevalière errante à l’Alliance Française
• IL ÉTAIT UNE FOIS VANCOUVER •
“La chevalière errante” vous sera conté par les artistes Michèle SMOLKIN et Kris FLEERACKERS qui vous conteront l’histoire d’une petite petite fille qui parcourt le monde à la recherche d’un lieu où elle sera acceptée telle qu’elle est.
Samedi 23 Avril 2022
11H
Studio 16
1555 W 7th Ave
Vancouver
Gratuit sur réservation
Réservez votre place dès aujourd’hui sur le site internet de l’Alliance Française de Vancouver 
https://bit.ly/3jgKrTM
Ce projet est financé par le Gouvernement du Canada
Avec le soutien de RBC
En partenariat avec EduCaption
“IDOL” at the Festival of Animated Objects!
Very excited that my puppet film “IDOL” is now streaming online at the Festival of Animated Objects March 11-29, as part of the “Animovies: Take an Adventure” program.
Tickets and info: https://www.puppetfestival.ca/lineup
Also screening in person on the Nanton Grain Elevators in Calgary AB March 11-12!
Entrevue Phare Ouest
Entrevue avec Marie Villeneuve de l’émission Phare Ouest à ICI Radio-Canada, à l’occasion de la première mondiale de mon court métrage « Idol » au Vancouver Short Film Festival 2022.
Plus d’info sur le film
Coast Reporter article about puppet film “Idol”
Puppet short film “Idol” at VSFF
“Idol,” a live-action puppet film, will have its world premiere at the Vancouver Short Film Festival on January 28, and will run for a week (all showings online because of Covid, in Canada only).
Tickets at https://www.vsff.com
Short film “The Idol”: preview at Fresh Ideas conference
Very happy to have been invited to present a preview of “The Idol” at Puppetmongers Theatre’s mini-conference Fresh Ideas!
This year’s Fresh Ideas is to be an online event, so a great chance for all of us outside the Toronto region to be part of it. There will be a series of presentations in the afternoon, and an evening cabaret with performances and screenings, including The Idol.
“The Idol” is a live action puppet short film based on the story of Pygmalion and using a set and puppets made from recycled cardboard, and filmed in a home-made miniature film studio. It is a work-in-progress; the screening at Fresh Ideas will be an incomplete preview.
Event info with ticket link: https://puppetmongers.com/fresh-ideas/
More film info and pictures here.
Kris Fleerackers 