La Salla

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La Salla
Directed by Richard Condie
Written byRichard Condie
Produced byRichard Condie
Ches Yetman
Starring Jay Brazeau
Music by Patrick Godfrey
Production
company
Release date
  • 1996 (1996)
Running time
8 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageItalian

La Salla is a 1996 computer animated short by Richard Condie, produced in Winnipeg by the National Film Board of Canada.

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The film is a farcical comic opera, with a libretto written by Condie and translated into Italian, then recorded by Jay Brazeau. [1]

The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 69th Academy Awards. It also won the award for best animation film at the Vancouver International Film Festival. [2]

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References

  1. Cuthbert, Pamela (Summer 1997). "Night at the opera: Richard Condie's La Salla". Take One: Film & Television in Canada . Archived from the original on November 5, 2012.
  2. "La Salla". Film Collection. National Film Board of Canada. 1996. Retrieved August 30, 2009.