History of the World in Three Minutes Flat

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History of the World in Three Minutes Flat
Directed byMichael Mills
Written byMichael Mills
Produced byMichael Mills[1][2]
Narrated byVlasta Vrána
Production
company
Michael Mills Productions
Release date
1980
Running time
3 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

History of the World in Three Minutes Flat is a 1980 Canadian animated short film,[3] directed by Michael Mills.

Summary[]

The film depicts a history of life on Earth, compressed into three minutes.[4]

Accolades[]

This hugely successful film won a multitude of international awards.[5] The film received a Genie Award nomination for Best Theatrical Short Film at the 2nd Genie Awards in 1981,[6] and an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Short Film[7] at the 53rd Academy Awards.[8] It won the award for Best Film Under Three Minutes at the 1980 Ottawa International Animation Festival,[9] the Short Film Golden Bear at the 1981 Berlin Film Festival,[4] a Golden Reel Award from the Canada Council's inaugural Canadian Short Films Showcase,[10] and the American Film and Video Festival's Blue Ribbon Award.[5]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Short Film Winners: 1981 Oscars
  2. ^ "1981 Oscars". Retrieved April 17, 2015.
  3. ^ 16TH INTERNATIONAL TOURNEE OF ANIMATION - Cleveland Film Festival
  4. ^ a b "Canadian film wins Berlin award". The Globe and Mail, February 26, 1981.
  5. ^ a b Lenburg, Jeff (2006). "Mills, Michael". Who's who in Animated Cartoons: An International Guide to Film & Television's Award-winning and Legendary Animators. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 242. ISBN 978-1-55783-671-7.
  6. ^ Jay Scott, "Genie nominations released". The Globe and Mail, February 10, 1981.
  7. ^ "Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1980 -". cartoonresearch.com.
  8. ^ "Oscar nomination for Radio-Canada". The Globe and Mail, March 7, 1981.
  9. ^ "Animation festival announces awards". The Globe and Mail, August 29, 1980.
  10. ^ "Nine short films win awards". The Globe and Mail, March 3, 1982.

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