When the Day Breaks
1999 Canadian film
- September 5, 1999 (September 5, 1999)
Running time
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
After witnessing an accidental death of a humanoid rooster, Ruby, a humanoid pig, seeks comfort from her everyday life in the city.[3]
Technique
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
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
- ^ 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
- Watch When the Day Breaks on the NFB website
- When the Day Breaks at IMDb
- Excerpt on Acme Filmworks
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Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television for Best Animated Short, Best Live Action Short and Best Theatrical Short
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1 These two films were given honorable mentions rather than officially winning the award, but are included here as no other winner was named above them.
