The Girl Bunnies

Film still from The Girl Bunnies. BIG TREE. by Francoise Doherty (2011)

The Girl Bunnies is a queer stop-motion animated series for young children, with the main characters being LGBT. It has screened in 15 countries ^[1] and was part of the inaugural queer programming for families at Le Festival International Image et Nation in Montreal Canada. .^[2] It garnered Audience Choice Awards in both Paris France (Cineffable)^[3] and in Montreal Canada (Festival Image et Nation).^[4]

Synopsis

Filmmaker-songwriter Françoise Doherty created a strangely charming world of love and adventure. “Les Lapines” (The Girl Bunnies) is the first episode of the series (2008), “The Girl Bunnies. Hockey” is the second episode (2009) and ”The Girl Bunnies. Big Tree” is the third episode (2011) in the “Girl Bunnies” shorts.^[5][6]

Les Lapines : Two female bunnies living across the world from each other fall madly in love, travel to the ends of the earth, then excitedly adopt 8 chicken eggs to raise a family.^[7]

The Girl Bunnies. HOCKEY. : It’s old-school, stop-motion animation where rabbits communicate through typewriters, where everyone plays hockey and where girl rabbits fall in love with girl rabbits. In “The Girl Bunnies. Hockey”, Coco loves hockey, but she REALLY likes Hockey Girl!^[8]

BIG TREE

The Girl Bunnies. BIG TREE. : Mimi and her chainsaw accidentally slice through a really cute girl bunny’s tree. With the help of a hockey stick, two hockey girls and a rather big deer, Mimi figures out her heart. Songwriter-filmmaker Françoise Doherty, brings us the 3rd romantic girl-tale in the Girl Bunnies series.^[9]

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