Noah (2013 film)

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Noah
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Directed by Walter Woodman
Patrick Cederberg
Written byWalter Woodman
Patrick Cederberg
Produced byWalter Woodman
Patrick Cederberg
Matthew Hornick
StarringSam Kantor
Caitlin McConkey-Pirie
Nina Iordanova
Edited byPatrick Cederberg
Release date
  • September 2013 (2013-09)(TIFF)
Running time
17 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Noah is a Canadian short drama film, released in 2013. [1] Written and directed by Walter Woodman and Patrick Cederberg as a class project when they were film students at Ryerson University, [2] the film tells the story of Noah's (Sam Kantor) breakup with his girlfriend Amy (Caitlin McConkie-Pirie) entirely through Noah's use of computer applications such as Facebook, Skype, YouTube, Chatroulette and iTunes. [3]

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The film premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the award for Best Canadian Short Film. [4] It subsequently won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards. [5]

The film was also one of the inspirations for the Modern Family episode "Connection Lost". [6]

Woodman, Cederberg and Matthew Hornick, the film's coproducer, were subsequently active as the indie pop band Shy Kids, who received a Prism Prize nomination in 2016 for the animated music video for their single "Rockets". [7]

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  2. "TIFF Profile: Patrick Cederberg and Walter Woodman, directors of Noah". Ryerson Folio, September 7, 2013.
  3. "How a Relationship Dies on Facebook". The New Yorker , September 13, 2013.
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  6. "A new episode of 'Modern Family' was shot almost entirely on iPhones and iPads". Business Insider , February 18, 2015.
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