Flawed (film)

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Flawed
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Film poster
French Imparfaite
[1]
Directed by Andrea Dorfman
Written byAndrea Dorfman
Produced by Annette Clarke
Music byDorval
Release date
  • June 2010 (2010-06)(Worldwide Short Film Festival) [2]
Running time
12 minutes [3]
CountryCanada

Flawed is a 2010 short animated documentary film and website by Halifax filmmaker Andrea Dorfman about body image, combining stop-motion animation and hand-painted images. Flawed was produced in Halifax by Annette Clarke for the National Film Board of Canada. [4]

According to Dorfman, the film was created to resemble a storyboard because it was based on a series of postcards that she has sent to a boyfriend while they were in a long-distance relationship. While Flawed is an autobiographical work, she also believes that it is universal because "I believe everyone has felt flawed at some point in their lives." [5]

In July 2012, the film version of Flawed received a nomination in the category New Approaches to News and Documentary Programming: Documentaries at the 33rd annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards. The film was nominated following its August 23, 2011 premiere on the PBS series POV. [4] [6]

The film's awards also included an audience choice award at the New York City Short Film Festival. [7] Festival selections included a premiere at the 2010 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. [8]

References

  1. "Adav Projections - Informations serveur". Archived from the original on November 15, 2023. Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  2. "Five NFB Animations Presented At The Worldwide Short Film Festival". Animation World Network. Archived from the original on June 22, 2020. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
  3. http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/medias/mediakit/Flawed_Presskit.pdf Archived 2013-11-01 at the Wayback Machine [ bare URL PDF ]
  4. 1 2 Cooke, Stephen (July 21, 2012). "Halifax filmmaker Dorfman nabs Emmy nomination". Halifax Chronicle-Herald . Archived from the original on October 6, 2012. Retrieved August 7, 2012.
  5. Matlin, Julie (April 29, 2010). "Hot Docs special: 3 questions with Flawed director Andrea Dorfman" (Interview). NFB.ca Blog. National Film Board of Canada. Archived from the original on April 9, 2014. Retrieved August 7, 2012.
  6. "Flawed". POV website. Archived from the original on October 5, 2012. Retrieved August 7, 2012.
  7. "Flawed". Collection. National Film Board of Canada. Archived from the original on September 14, 2010. Retrieved August 7, 2012.
  8. Bell, Robert (2010). "Flawed Directed by Andrea Dorfman" (Review). Exclaim! . Retrieved August 7, 2012.