Blue Like a Gunshot

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Blue Like a Gunshot
French Bleu comme un coup de feu
Directed byMasoud Raouf
Written byMasoud Raouf
Produced byMarc Bertrand
Masoud Raouf
Edited by Oana Suteu Khintirian
Music by Robert Marcel Lepage
Animation byMasoud Raouf
Production
company
Release date
  • August 27, 2003 (2003-08-27)(MWFF)
Running time
5 minutes
CountryCanada

Blue Like a Gunshot (French : Bleu comme un coup de feu) is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Masoud Raouf and released in 2003. [1] Animated through paint on glass, the film illustrates the inhumanity and barbarity of war. [1]

It won the Jutra Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 6th Jutra Awards in 2004. [2]

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