Carface

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Carface
French Autos Portraits
Directed by Claude Cloutier
Produced by Julie Roy
Edited byMichel Pelland
Music by Jean-Philippe Goncalves
Production
company
Release date
  • June 15, 2015 (2015-06-15)
Running time
4 minutes
CountryCanada

Carface (French : Autos Portraits) is a 2015 National Film Board of Canada animated short film by Claude Cloutier in which cars sing and dance while the Earth slides toward environmental ruin. [1]

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Summary

The film's central character is a 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air that sings "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)." [2]

Accolades

The film received the Prix Guy-L.-Coté Best Canadian Animation Film at the Sommets du cinéma d'animation in Montreal, [1] and was selected as one of Canada's submissions for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. [3] The film was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Animated Short Film at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards, [4] and won the Québec Cinéma Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 18th Quebec Cinema Awards. [5] It also won a Golden Sheaf Award for Best Animation at the 2016 Yorkton Film Festival. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 Wolfe, Jennifer (30 November 2015). "Claude Cloutier's 'Carface' Wins at 2015 Sommets du cinéma d'animation". Animation World Network . Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  2. ↑ Amidi, Amid (13 October 2015). "'Now I Hate to Draw Cars:' An Interview with 'Carface' Director Claude Cloutier". Cartoon Brew . Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "NFB animated short films make Academy Awards shortlist". The Canadian Press . CBC News. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  4. ↑ Furdyk, Brent (19 January 2016). "2016 Canadian Screen Awards Nominees Announced". ET Canada. Archived from the original on January 23, 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "La passion d’Augustine triomphe". Le Journal de Montréal , March 20, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Our Collection: Carface / Autos Portraits". National Film Board of Canada. 2015. Archived from the original on 2016-08-20. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
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