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When the Day Breaks

1999 Canadian film

When the Day Breaks is a Canadian animated short co-directed by Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis[1][2] and featuring the voice of Canadian singer-songwriter Martha Wainwright singing the titular song.

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Summary

After witnessing an accidental death of a humanoid rooster, Ruby, a humanoid pig, seeks comfort from her everyday life in the city.[3]

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.[4][5]

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.[6][7] It was also included in the Animation Show of Shows.[8][9]

It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, but lost to another animated short produced in Montreal: Aleksandr Petrov's Old Man and the Sea.[10][11][12]

References

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