Zviane

While packing up before a move, cartoonist Zviane comes across an old audiocassette that plunges her back into her childhood fantasies and perceptions of the world. Based on a real-life recording, Sweet Childhood is a playful animated short with two narrators—namely, the Zvianes of past and present. Guided by her own voice from 30 years ago, the celebrated author of Les deuxièmes employs a range of techniques to evoke the naïve charm of children’s drawings, giving graphic form to her quirky, youthful narrative. The result is a hilarious short that questions just how “sweet” childhood really is. A slice of everyday life, courtesy of the Comic Strip Chronicles.

A program of six short films from Quebec and France: In love or impertinent, full of hope or anger. Naive, touching, dreamy, dreamed of or missed: youth can take many forms! Between those who grew up too fast and those who missed their chance, there are also those who lost their innocence over time and those who see their youth vanish in an instant.