Louise is a 2003 animated short by Anita Lebeau, produced by the National Film Board of Canada.
[1][2] Louise received 6 awards including the Hiroshima Prize at the Hiroshima International Animation Festival and the Canal J Jury Junior Award for Short Films at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival.
[3] Louise was animated on paper by Lebeau, Jason Doll and John Tanasiciuk, with computer rendering.
[4] Lebeau had begun working on the film in 1998, before taking a break to raise her two children.
When interviewed at Hiroshima, the filmmaker stated that her grandmother, who had died before the film was completed, was thrilled to have a movie made about her life and family.