Women Make Waves International Film Festival

Program

Holy Smoke

Monique Renault 2000 France Animation color 9min No Dialogue N/A
A women writes a letter and looks back on the most important cigarettes of her life. Starring Linda van Dijck.

Director

Monique Renault

Monique Renault is an independent maker of animation films. Her technique is most notably coloured pencil applied directly to paper. She started out making films with social themes (feminism, anti-religion and anti-militarist) mixed with humour. In later work she focussed on cultural themes like dance and quotations of celebrities, cultural periods and genres. The humour remained. Her films are shown on screens all over the world.

Monique Renault
  • PSYCHODERCHE (1972)
  • A LA VOTRE (1973)
  • SWISS GRAFFITTI (1975)
  • BORDERLINE 1 & 2 (1981)
  • WEG ERMEE! (1982)
  • LONG LIVE THE S. REVOLUTION (1983)
  • HANDS OFF (BLIJF VAN MIJN LIJF) (1985)
  • ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL (1987)
  • PAS A DEUX (1988)
  • LA DONNA E MOBILE (1993)
  • L'ALLIANCE (1995)
  • HOLY SMOKE (2000)

 

Director: Monique Renault
Animation: Esther Dijkstra, Petra Dolleman, Carla van Leeuwen, Monique Renault
Music: Wouter van Bemmel
Editing: Frans van der Staak

Monique Renault
mmarenault@gmail.com