| When the Day Breaks | |
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| Directed by | Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis |
| Produced by | David Verrall & Barrie Angus McLean |
| Music by | Judith Gruber-Stitzwer |
| Distributed by | National Film Board of Canada |
Release date |
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Running time | 9 min. |
| Country | Canada |
When the Day Breaks is a Canadian animated short co-directed by Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis[1][2] and featuring the voice of Canadian singer-songwriter Martha Wainwright singing the titular song.
Summary
[edit]After witnessing an accidental death of a humanoid rooster, Ruby, a humanoid pig, seeks comfort from her everyday life in the city.[3]
Technique
[edit]To create the film, directors used pencil and paint on photocopies to achieve a textured look suggestive of a lithograph or a flickering newsreel.[4][5]
Accolades
[edit]Produced by the National Film Board of Canada in 1999, the 9 min. 40 sec. film garnered numerous awards, including the Genie Award for Best Animated Short, the Short Film Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, TIFF – Best Canadian Short, the Annecy International Animation Film Festival – Animated Short, Grand Prix for short film at Animafest Zagreb and the Banff Television Festival, Best Animation Program.[6][7] It was also included in the Animation Show of Shows.[8][9]
It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, but lost to another animated short produced in Montreal: Aleksandr Petrov's Old Man and the Sea.[10][11][12]
References
[edit]- ^ The Animation That Changed Me: Jérémy Clapin on ‘When The Day Breaks’|Cartoon Brew
- ^ Know Your Indie Filmmaker: Amanda Forbis And Wendy Tilby|Cartoon Brew
- ^ Short of the Week
- ^ "International Festival of Audiovisual Programs". Archived from the original on 2006-11-30. Retrieved 2009-07-04.
- ^ When Rotoscoping Goes Very, Very Right|Animation Obsessive
- ^ "When the Day Breaks". Awards list. National Film Board of Canada. 1999. Retrieved 2009-07-04.
- ^ Punter, Jennie (Summer 1999). "Wendy Tilby's When the Day Breaks wins at Cannes". Take One. Toronto: Wyndham Wise.
- ^ Animation Show of Shows
- ^ When the Day Breaks, by Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis (Preview) on Vimeo
- ^ Hays, Matthew (March 23, 2000). "Animating Oscar". Montreal Mirror. Archived from the original on 2008-12-02. Retrieved 2009-07-04.
- ^ Animated Short Winner: 2000 Oscars
- ^ 2000|Oscars.org
External links
[edit]- Watch When the Day Breaks on the NFB website
- When the Day Breaks at IMDb
- Excerpt on Acme Filmworks