Carface

Carface
FrenchAutos Portraits
Directed byClaude Cloutier
Produced byJulie Roy
Edited byMichel Pelland
Music byJean-Philippe Goncalves
Production
company
Release date
  • June 15, 2015 (2015-06-15)
Running time
4 minutes
CountryCanada

Carface (French: Autos Portraits) is a 2015 National Film Board of Canada animated short film by Claude Cloutier in which cars sing and dance while the Earth slides toward environmental ruin.[1]

Summary

The film's central character is a 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air that sings "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)."[2]

Accolades

The film received the Prix Guy-L.-Coté Best Canadian Animation Film at the Sommets du cinéma d'animation in Montreal,[1] and was selected as one of Canada's submissions for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.[3] The film was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Animated Short Film at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards,[4] and won the Québec Cinéma Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 18th Quebec Cinema Awards.[5] It also won a Golden Sheaf Award for Best Animation at the 2016 Yorkton Film Festival.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b Wolfe, Jennifer (30 November 2015). "Claude Cloutier's 'Carface' Wins at 2015 Sommets du cinéma d'animation". Animation World Network. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  2. ^ Amidi, Amid (13 October 2015). "'Now I Hate to Draw Cars:' An Interview with 'Carface' Director Claude Cloutier". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  3. ^ "NFB animated short films make Academy Awards shortlist". The Canadian Press. CBC News. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  4. ^ Furdyk, Brent (19 January 2016). "2016 Canadian Screen Awards Nominees Announced". ET Canada. Archived from the original on January 23, 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  5. ^ "La passion d’Augustine triomphe". Le Journal de Montréal, March 20, 2016.
  6. ^ "Our Collection: Carface / Autos Portraits". National Film Board of Canada. 2015. Archived from the original on 2016-08-20. Retrieved 11 December 2020.