Anim sur le Lac is an international animation film festival, which will hold its second edition on August 6, 7, 8, and 9 2026, in Saint-Félicien, Lac-Saint-Jean.
Anim sur le Lac is Quebec’s only international animated film festival. The second edition will take place from August 6 to 9, 2026, in Saint-Félicien. In addition to bringing together several professionals from the industry, the event aims above all to be a high-quality cultural offering that is accessible to the local population. The festival offers a diverse program covering all film genres: from comedy to documentary to drama, these films offer unique and fascinating visual worlds. During this cultural gathering focused on conviviality and the cinematic experience, festival-goers have access to workshops, conferences, parties, and meetings with filmmakers.
In addition, Anim sur le Lac offers activities throughout the year, such as a day camp and screenings outside the festival. Anim sur le Lac aims to create a sense of belonging among local people, stimulate regional talent, provide meeting spaces for professionals, and encourage the creation of animated film projects.
The team festival
Boran Richard
Co-founder, General Director, Co-Artistic Director
Boran holds a master’s degree in animation cinema from the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi and has worked in the film industry since 2000, specializing in traditional animation. Since 2013, he has been teaching cinema at Cégep de St-Félicien, where he shares his passion for animation.
Rosalie Guay
Co-founder, Communications Manager, Co-Artistic Director
Rosalie is a master’s student in art at UQAC. A graduate of the Arts, Literature, and Communication program at Cégep de St-Félicien and the interdisciplinary bachelor’s degree in arts at UQAC, she has been specializing in animated film for several years. Passionate about stop-motion, she seeks to understand how the creative process of frame-by-frame animation can complement the process of reclaiming her Anishinaabe culture.
Maude-Lanui Baillargeon
Web Administrator
Maude-Lanui is a master’s student in literary studies at the Université Laval and holds a bachelor’s degree in literary studies and practices. Her thesis project addresses contemporary women’s poetry in Quebec from a transcultural perspective that draws on feminist and Indigenous theories. A member of the First Nations Book Fair team since 2023, research assistant for the Maurice-Lemire Teaching Leadership Chair in Indigenous Literatures in Quebec from 2023 to 2025, and co-organizer of the Conference on Anti-Colonial Solidarity: Navigating Literary Coresistance (2025), Maude-Lanui is originally from Saint-Félicien.
Alice Gagnon
Social Media Management
Alice has a degree in Arts, Literature, and Communication from Cégep de Saint-Félicien and is currently studying for a BIA at the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi. She has always been interested in cinema, and this interest became a real passion during her studies. Thanks to one of her films made at Cégep de St-Félicien, Une miette à la fois…, she and her team participated in several festivals and won the grand prize for best short film at De l’âme à l’écran 2025. She also has experience with social media, as she is a content creator for the UQAC Musical.
Hugo Catellier
Website Development
Hugo is a computer programmer with over 25 years of experience. In recent years, he has primarily worked as a project manager and production director for various companies in the digital sector, including cloud computing development, websites, video games, museum exhibitions, artist centers, Université Laval, and Université de Montréal.
Sophie Lebrun
Volunteer Coordinator
Sophie is a biologist and has been teaching natural environment studies at Cégep de St-Félicien for over 20 years. She has always been passionate about Quebec cinema, and in recent years she has developed an interest in animated films, in part through her daughter Rosalie Guay.
Léa Bédard-Beaulieu
Partnership Development Assistant
Léa has more than 10 years of experience in the field of communications. A true jack-of-all-trades, she has worked in the community, tourism, sustainable development, events, and municipal sectors, and, more recently, in the field of wildfires. Before pursuing a university degree in political communication, she earned her degree in film at Cégep Gérald-Godin. Curious and dedicated, she strives above all to use her skills to promote the projects that are close to her heart.
Mathieu Séguin
Technical Director
A lover of cinema and cultural outreach, Mathieu Séguin has always had a special connection to animation. As a child, he was fascinated by Ralph Bakshi’s The Lord of the Rings, a rotoscoped animated film that he rented over and over again from the video club. This passion then led him to the works of Hayao Miyazaki, whose imagination continues to inspire him today. He is delighted to help introduce audiences to animation in all its forms as part of Anim sur le Lac.
Illustrations: Alexa Tremblay-Francoeur
Website Designer, Logo Creator
Mélanie Saint-Germain
Mélanie Saint-Germain holds a Bachelor’s degree in Interdisciplinary Arts with a concentration in Cinema from the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi. A multidisciplinary artist, animation cinema is her medium of choice. Her film Elles and her web series Bon… have won awards and been showcased at dozens of festivals worldwide. Mélanie began her training in animation cinema during her college studies at Cégep de St-Félicien, in the Arts, Literature, and Communication program.
Linguistic Review Committee
Johanne Vallée
Sabrina Veillette-Laprise
SELECTION PROCESS
Film submissions are now closed.