When the Day Breaks

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When the Day Breaks
Directed byWendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis
Produced byDavid Verrall & Barrie Angus McLean
Music byJudith Gruber-Stitzwer
Distributed byNational Film Board of Canada
Release date
  • September 5, 1999 (September 5, 1999)
Running time
9 min.
CountryCanada

When the Day Breaks is a Canadian animated short co-directed by Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis[1] and featuring the voice of Canadian singer-songwriter Martha Wainwright singing the titular song.

Summary[]

After witnessing an accidental death of a stranger, a humanoid pig seeks comfort from her everyday life in the city.[2]

Accolades[]

Produced by the National Film Board of Canada in 1999, the 9 min. 40 sec. film garnered numerous awards, including the Genie Award for Best Animated Short, the Short Film Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, TIFF – Best Canadian Short, the Annecy International Animation Film Festival – Animated Short, Grand Prix for short film at Animafest Zagreb and the Banff Television Festival, Best Animation Program.[3][4] It was also included in the Animation Show of Shows.[5][6]

It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, losing to another animated short produced in Montreal: Aleksandr Petrov's Old Man and the Sea.[7][8][9]

Technique[]

To create the film, directors used pencil and paint on photocopies to achieve a textured look suggestive of a lithograph or a flickering newsreel.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ The Animation That Changed Me: Jérémy Clapin on ‘When The Day Breaks’|Cartoon Brew
  2. ^ Short of the Week
  3. ^ "When the Day Breaks". Awards list. National Film Board of Canada. 1999. Retrieved 2009-07-04.
  4. ^ Punter, Jennie (Summer 1999). "Wendy Tilby's When the Day Breaks wins at Cannes". Take One. Toronto: Wyndham Wise.
  5. ^ Animation Show of Shows
  6. ^ When the Day Breaks, by Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis (Preview) on Vimeo
  7. ^ Hays, Matthew (March 23, 2000). "Animating Oscar". Montreal Mirror. Archived from the original on 2008-12-02. Retrieved 2009-07-04.
  8. ^ Animated Short Winner: 2000 Oscars
  9. ^ 2000|Oscars.org
  10. ^ "International Festival of Audiovisual Programs". Archived from the original on 2006-11-30. Retrieved 2009-07-04.

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