Tables of Content

Tables of Content
Tables of Content
Directed by	Wendy Tilby
Produced by	Wendy Tilby
Animation by	Wendy Tilby
Production; company	Emily Carr College of Art and Design
Distributed by	National Film Board of Canada
Release date	August 26, 1986 (MWFF);
Running time	8 minutes
Country	Canada

Tables of Content is a 1986 Canadian animated short film directed by Wendy Tilby.^[1]

Plot

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]

Release

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

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

External links

Tables of Content at IMDb
Tables of Content at the NFB catalog

[1] Wyndham Wise, "Wendy Tilby". The Canadian Encyclopedia, October 3, 2012.

[taylor-2] Noel Taylor, "Yorkton winners a treat". Ottawa Citizen, January 19, 1987.

[3] "Today's Filmfest schedule". Montreal Gazette, August 26, 1986.

[4] "Wendy Tilby". Canadian Film Encyclopedia.

[5] "French film Betty Blues wins top Montreal prize". Toronto Star, September 2, 1986.

[6] John Allemang, "Arcand's Decline tops Genie nominations with 13". The Globe and Mail, February 5, 1987.

[7] "Academy picks winning 'shorts'". The Globe and Mail, March 17, 1987.

[cartoonresearch.com29-8] Jerry Beck (January 29, 2018). "Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1986 -". Cartoon Research.

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