My Dead Dad's Porno Tapes

My Dead Dad's Porno Tapes
Film poster
Directed byCharlie Tyrell
Written byJosef Beeby
Charlie Tyrell
Produced byJulie Baldassi
Narrated byDavid Wain
CinematographyChet Tilokani
Edited byMichael Barker
Music byColin Sigor
Production
companies
Younger Daughter Films
LaRue Productions
Milkman Productions
Distributed byThe Atlantic
Release date
  • January 19, 2018 (2018-01-19)
Running time
14 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

My Dead Dad's Porno Tapes is a 2018 Canadian short documentary film, directed by Charlie Tyrell.[1]

Summary

Blending stop-motion animation, family interviews via phone and live footage, the film depicts Tyrell's attempt to make sense of his complicated relationship with his late father Greg through his remaining possessions, including but not limited to his collection of 1980s porn videotapes.[2]

Accolades

The film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2018,[3] and won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Short Documentary at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019.[4] It was also shortlisted for Best Documentary Short Film at the 91st Academy Awards.[5]

References

  1. ^ "A portrait of a lost parent". Hamilton Spectator, January 24, 2019.
  2. ^ "How Our Oscar Contender From Op-Docs Came to Be". The New York Times, January 11, 2019.
  3. ^ "TIFF's Canada's Top Ten list skews a lot younger this year". Now, December 5, 2018.
  4. ^ "Les Québécois remportent plus de la moitié des trophées à l'avant-gala des prix Écrans canadiens". Ici Radio-Canada, March 31, 2019.
  5. ^ "91st Oscar Shortlists". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved May 3, 2020.