The Pinscreen is a tool that was created in the 1930s to make animation films. Although it no longer provides any technical advantages, a handful of animation directors still use it. This film explores why it is so important to create something handmade with constraints, in a time when everything is turning towards instantaneous digital technology.

Alexandre Alexeieff
Archive footage

Claire Parker
Archive footage
Sophie Le Tétour
Self
Jean-Baptiste Garnero
Self
Michel Lemieux
Self
Rose Mercier-Marcotte
Self

Jacques Drouin
Self
Wolfgang Noethlich
Self
Jeremy Tate
Self

Florence Miailhe
Self

Céline Devaux
Self
Nicolas Liguori
Self
Florentine Grelier
Self
Clémence Bouchereau
Self
Justine Vuylsteker
Self