The Ballad of Immortal Joe

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The Ballad of Immortal Joe
Directed byHector Herrera
Produced byPazit Cahlon
Starring Kenneth Welsh
Music by The Sadies
Release date
  • September 12, 2015 (2015-09-12)(TIFF)
Running time
7 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The Ballad of Immortal Joe is a Canadian animated short film, which premiered at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. Directed by Hector Herrera and written and produced by Pazit Cahlon, the film is a tribute to the cowboy poetry of Robert W. Service. [1] The film, the third installment in Herrera's "Beastly Bards" series of animated shorts, is narrated by actor Kenneth Welsh, and soundtracked by the alternative country band The Sadies. [1]

In 2016 the film won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Animated Short at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Third Beastly Bards Short Premiering at TIFF" Archived 2016-03-15 at the Wayback Machine . Animation Magazine , September 3, 2015.
  2. "'Room' sweeps Canadian Screen Awards" Archived 2016-03-16 at the Wayback Machine . Toronto Sun , March 134, 2016.