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1987 Canadian film

Tables of Content is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Wendy Tilby and released in 1986.[1] Made as her graduating class project in the filmmaking program at Emily Carr College of Art and Design, the film depicts an elderly man dining alone in a restaurant and observing the sights and sounds around him.[2]

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The film premiered at the 1986 Montreal World Film Festival.[3] It was subsequently acquired for distribution by the National Film Board of Canada.[4]

Awards

At Montreal, it won the award for Best Short Film.[5] It was later screened at the Yorkton Film Festival, where it won the Golden Sheaf award for Best Animation.[2]

The film was a Genie Award nominee for Best Animated Short at the 8th Genie Awards in 1987,[6] and was one of five films selected for the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television's independent short films showcase, a program that gave the winning films commercial screenings in various Canadian markets.[7]

It was submitted for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 59th Academy Awards, but was not a finalist.[8]

References

  1. [1]
    Wyndham Wise, "Wendy Tilby". The Canadian Encyclopedia, October 3, 2012.
  2. [2]
    Noel Taylor, "Yorkton winners a treat". Ottawa Citizen, January 19, 1987.
  3. [3]
    "Today's Filmfest schedule". Montreal Gazette, August 26, 1986.
  4. [4]
    "Wendy Tilby". Canadian Film Encyclopedia.
  5. [5]
    "French film Betty Blues wins top Montreal prize". Toronto Star, September 2, 1986.
  6. [6]
    John Allemang, "Arcand's Decline tops Genie nominations with 13". The Globe and Mail, February 5, 1987.
  7. [7]
    "Academy picks winning 'shorts'". The Globe and Mail, March 17, 1987.
  8. [8]
    Jerry Beck (January 29, 2018). "Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1986 -". Cartoon Research.


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