Here and the Great Elsewhere

Here and the Great Elsewhere (French: Le Grand ailleurs et le petit ici) is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Michèle Lemieux and released in 2012.

[1] Made using pinscreen animation, the film is a philosophical meditation on the ultimate meaning of life, through the story of an everyman figure confronting existential mysteries about the universe.

[2] Lemieux made the film on the pinscreen given to her by animator Jacques Drouin.

[1] The film premiered at the 2012 Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois.

[3] It was the winner of the Grand Prix at the Cinemania festival in Portugal,[4] and was a Jutra Award nominee for Best Animated Short Film at the 15th Jutra Awards in 2013.