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Dreams
of the Snowland, The Best
(National
Film Board of Canada) |
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Created in
1993, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is a
public agency that produces and distributes animated
films which reflect Canada to Canadians and the rest of
the world. It is an exceptional fountain of creativity
in Making hich tech animated films, which since its very
beginning has played a crucial role as an innovative
producer and pioneer in the field of animation.
Internationally recognized for the quality of its
emotionally rich productions which benefit various
techincs and artistic styles, NFB has been hailed over
3000 times at major festival and had a great socisl and
intellectual reflections.
NFB's productions are well known all over the world and
has won 5 Academy Awards in the Short Animated Films
Category as followes:
Neighbours, Norman McLaren, 1953
The Sand castle, Co Hoedman, 1977
Special Delivery, John Weldon and Eunica Macauly, 1979
Every Child, Eugene Fedorenco, 1980
Bob's Birthday, Alison Snowdan and David Fine, 1995 |
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The Best |
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Pas
de Deux
Norman McLaren
A look at the cheorography of
ballet with cinema effects.
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A
Chairy Tale
Claude Jutra, Norman McLaren
A fairy tale in the modern manner;
a chair that declines to be sat upon and a young
man perform a sort of dance.
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The Family That Dwelt Apart
Yvon
Malette
A family of seven fisherfolk are
living quiet happily as the sole inhabitants of a
small island, get into trouble.
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The
Drag
Carlos Marchiori
A case story of a chain smoker,
told on a psychiatrist's couch with the patient's
recollections amusingly illustrated, explains the
psychologie of the smoking.
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The
Big Snit
Richard Condie
A humouristic look at two
simultaneous conflicts in national and
international scale and how each conflict is
resolved.
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Monsieur Pointu
Andre
Le Duc, Bernard Longpre
Virtuose stage entertainer Monsieur
Pointu and his violin are literally taken aprt and
go into their own separate acts.
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George and Rosemary
David
Fine, Alison Snowden
A man who has a passion for the
lady across the street, at last stops day-dreaming
and go to meet her.
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The
Tender Tale of Cindrella Penguin
Janet
Perlman
A new look at the story of
Cindrella, that gives the leading role to a
mistreated romantic penguin.
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Black
Fly
Christopher Hinton
An illustration of a song of the
same title by Canadian folk singer Wade Hemsworth.
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The
Cat Came Back
Cordell Barker
Manic attempts of somebody who try
to get rid of a cat that just won't stay away.
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Strings
Wendy
Tilby
Two strangers intimately linked by
the shared ceiling, floors and plumbing of their
apartments. When an unexpected problem arises,
this comfortable connection compromises.
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La
Salla
Richard Condie
Somebody who does as he pleases,
mindless of consequences, in a room full of wind
up toys, sets a chain of events into motion that
ends up disturbing both his own and the viewer's
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