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June 15, 2026
Well-suited to a sunny, early summer day, this looping collection of peaceful vignettes by Studio Orca director/co-founder Nelly Michenaud captures glimpses of Nantes, her beloved hometown on the Loire river.
Complete with a reference to the 40-foot tall mechanical elephant created by French artists François Delarozière and Pierre Orefice, Michenaud calls the project “a hand-drawn micro love letter, with an illustrative style as a nod to French graphic novels”.
Nelly Michenaud: “Nantes, which I’m coming back to and revisiting as an adult, is a highly creative city and has always been, but Like a lot of other places currently, it is a model under attack with cuts to funding.
“I wanted to put a spotlight on this great city and follow the steps of previous artists here through making my own addition to it’s lovely strangeness.”
“In the hope of decentralizing the artistic and creative focus from Paris, I wanted to put a spotlight on this great city and follow the steps of previous artists here through making my own addition to it’s lovely strangeness.
“Selecting the right spots to depict around the city as well as the tone/composition/action for each was a challenge. While they are part of my daily experience, I wanted to capture the surrealism mixing with the mundane that Nantes is famous for.
“The work on the light, the intensity and the warmth, was also fundamental to translate the feeling of a lovely spring day, it needed to be subtle yet very much there, to help give volume and presence to the elements and anchor the realistic side of the project.”
Production: Studio Orca
Director/animator: Nelly Michenaud
Sound design: Jose Pablo Ramirez
