Genie Award for Best Animated Short
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The Genie Award
for Best Animated Short is awarded by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television
to the best Canadian animated short film.
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Genie Award
Genie Awards are given out to recognize the best of Canadian cinema by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. From 1949-1979, the awards were named the Canadian Film Awards...
for Best Animated Short is awarded by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television
Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television
The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television is a Canadian non-profit organization created in 1979 to recognize over 4,000 Canadian film industry and television industry professionals...
to the best Canadian animated short film.
7th Genie Awards7th Genie AwardsThe 7th Genie Awards were held March 20, 1986 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. It was co-hosted by Leslie Nielsen and Catherine Mary Stewart.-Award winners:Best Motion PictureWinner: My American Cousin, Peter O'BrianOther Nominees:...
- Michael Scott, Richard CondieRichard CondieRichard Condie, RCA is a Canadian animator, film maker and musician living and working in Winnipeg, Manitoba.-Education and career:...
, The Big SnitThe Big SnitThe Big Snit is a 10-minute short-subject animated cartoon written and directed by Richard Condie and produced by the National Film Board of Canada. It was released in 1985.-Plot:... - Ishu PatelIshu PatelIshu Patel is an animation film director/producer and educator. Over a period of twenty-five years at the National Film Board of Canada he developed animation techniques and styles to support his themes and vision.-Background:...
, Paradise/Paradis - Yves LeducYves LeducJoseph Gérard Yves Leduc was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. Born in Montreal, Quebec, he was a lawyer and professor of law by career....
, Sylvia
8th Genie Awards8th Genie AwardsThe 8th annual Genie Awards were held in 1987 to honour Canadian films made the previous year. The awards were dominated by Denys Arcand's Le Déclin de l'empire américain...
- Brad Caslor, Michael Scott, Derek Mazur, Get a Job
- Bill Pettigrew, Every Dog's Guide to Complete Home Safety
- Wendy Tilby, Tables of Content
10th Genie Awards10th Genie AwardsThe 10th annual Genie Awards were held on March 22, 1989. This was in the middle of a strike at the CBC that caused the ceremony to be scaled down and several nominees to boycott the awards in sympathy. The awards were dominated by David Cronenberg's Dead Ringers which won ten awards...
- Richard Condie, Cordell BarkerCordell BarkerCordell Barker is a Canadian animator based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He began animating in his late teens after taking on an apprenticeship at Kenn Perkins Animation. He has worked on commercial campaigns for entities such as Coca-Cola, Bell Canada, Lors, Nike, and the Government of Canada...
, The Cat Came BackThe Cat Came Back (1988 film)The Cat Came Back is a 1988 animated film by Canadian director Cordell Barker, produced by fellow award-winning Winnipeg animator Richard Condie. Based on the children's song The Cat Came Back, it concerns the increasingly desperate and lonely man named Mr... - Yves Leduc, Nocturnes
- Ed Ackerman, Primittti Too Taa
11th Genie Awards11th Genie AwardsThe 11th annual Genie Awards were presented March 20, 1990 and honoured Canadian films released the previous year. For the first time ever the awards were broadcast by CTV, rather than CBC. Despite an extensive advertising campaign the ratings plummeted with only half as many people watching...
- Martin Barry, Juke-BarJuke-BarJuke-Bar is a 1989 stop motion musical animated short about cockroaches who party inside a jukebox. The film is directed by Martin Barry and produced in Montreal by the National Film Board of Canada...
(NFB) - David FineDavid FineDavid Sylvan Fine is an American domestic terrorist who was one of four perpetrators of the August 24, 1970, Sterling Hall bombing on the campus University of Wisconsin–Madison, in an act of political protest to the University's research efforts on behalf of the United States armed forces. The...
, Alison SnowdenAlison SnowdenAlison Snowden Alison Snowden Alison Snowden (born in Alison Snowden (born in Alison Snowden (born in [[Nottingham 4 April 1958) is a voice actress, producer, and screenwriter best known for [[Bob and Margaret]].- Life and work :...
, In and Out - Bill Pettigrew, The Dingles (NFB)
13th Genie Awards13th Genie AwardsThe 13th annual Genie Awards were held 1992 and honoured Canadian films released in 1991. They were dominated by the Canadian/British/Japanese co-production Naked Lunch.-Best Motion Picture:...
- Wendy Tilby, StringsStrings (1991 film)Strings is a 1991 Canadian paint-on-glass animation short film by Wendy Tilby, produced by the National Film Board of Canada.The 10 min. 23 sec. animated short simultaneously follows a woman preparing for a bath and her upstairs neighbour rehearsing with his string quartet, exploring the...
- Christopher HintonChristopher Hinton (animator)Christopher Hinton is a Canadian film animator and professor, living in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He has been twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, in 1991 for the National Film Board of Canada animated short Blackfly and in 2003 for his independently made short...
, BlackflyThe Black Fly Song"The Black Fly Song" is a song by Wade Hemsworth, written in 1949, about working in the wilds of Northern Ontario. It is an enduring classic of Canadian folk music, covered by a variety of other artists... - John WeldonJohn Weldon (animator)John Weldon , is a Canadian actor, composer, animator and movie director, known for his National Film Board of Canada animated shorts...
, The LumpThe LumpThe Lump is a short animated film released in 1991. It tells the story of an unattractive and unpopular man named George. One day, a lump appears on his head that looks like an attractive face...
14th Genie Awards14th Genie Awards-Best Motion Picture:*Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould, Niv Fichman, producer*La Florida, Pierre Sarrazin and Claude Bonin, producers*Harmony Cats, Richard Davis and Alan Morinis, producers*The Lotus Eaters, Sharon McGowan, producer...
- Lynn Smith, Pearl's Diner
- Craig Welch, No Problem (NFB)
18th Genie Awards18th Genie Awards-Best Picture:*The Sweet Hereafter, Atom Egoyan and Camelia Frieberg, producers*Cosmos, Roger Frappier, producer*The Hanging Garden, Thom Fitzgerald and Louise Garfield, producers*Karmina, Nicole Robert, producer...
- Sylvain ChometSylvain ChometSylvain Chomet is a French comic writer, animator and film director.- Early career :Born in Maisons-Laffitte, Yvelines, near Paris, he studied art at high-school until he graduated in 1982. Chomet moved to London in 1988 to work as an animator at the Richard Purdum studio...
, Bernard Lajoie, Didier Brunner, The Old Lady and the PigeonsThe Old Lady and the PigeonsThe Old Lady and the Pigeons is a 1997 French animated short film written and directed by Sylvain Chomet. It tells the story of a hungry policeman who dresses up as a pigeon and tricks an old lady to feed him. It was Chomet's debut film... - Tali, Yves Leduc, Pierre Hébert, A l'ombre/Under the Weather
- Barrie Angus McLean, Janet PerlmanJanet PerlmanJanet Laurie Perlman is a Canadian animator and children's book author and illustrator whose work includes the short film The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 54th Academy Awards and received a Parents' Choice Award....
, Dinner for Two
19th Genie Awards19th Genie Awards-Best Motion Picture:*The Red Violin, Niv Fichman, producer*Last Night, Daniel Iron and Niv Fichman, producers*Regeneration, Allan Scott and Peter Simpson, producers*Rupert's Land, Bill Thumm and Scott Kennedy, producers...
- Andy JonesAndy Jones (comedian)Andrew Jordan Jones is a Canadian comedian, and a former member of CODCO.Andy Jones was born in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador...
, Kevin Tureski, Chris LandrethChris LandrethChris Landreth is an American animator working in Canada, best known for his work on the 2004 film, Ryan. He has made many CGI animated films since the mid-90s, including The End, Bingo, The Listener, Caustic Sky: A Portrait of Regional Acid Deposition, and Data Driven The Story Of Franz...
, BingoBingo (short film)Bingo is a 1998 computer-animated short film directed by Chris Landreth. The short is based on the stage play Disregard This Play by the theater troupe The Neo Futurists. It uses surrealistic imagery and dialogue to tell the story of an ordinary man who is surrounded by characters who insist that... - Marcy Page, John Weldon, Frank the Wrabbit (NFB)
20th Genie Awards20th Genie AwardsThe 20th Genie Awards were held in 2000 to honour films released in 1999. The ceremony was hosted by Patrick McKenna.-Best Motion Picture:*Sunshine, Andras Hamori and Robert Lantos, producers...
- Amanda Forbis, David Verrall, Wendy Tilby, When the Day BreaksWhen the Day BreaksWhen the Day Breaks is an Canadian animated short co-directed by Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis.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 and the Short Film Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film...
- Co HoedemanCo HoedemanJacobus Willem Hoedeman is a Dutch-Canadian filmmaker known for his mastery of stop motion animation and technical innovation in films that reveal his close observation of human and social interaction.-Biography:...
, Thérèse Descary, Ludovic: The Snow Gift (NFB) - Alexander Petrov, Bernard Lajoie, Tatsuo Shimamura, The Old Man and the SeaThe Old Man and the Sea (1999 film)The Old Man and the Sea is a 1999 paint-on-glass-animated short film directed by Aleksandr Petrov, based on the novel of the same name by Ernest Hemingway. The film won many awards, including the Academy Award for Animated Short Film...
21st Genie Awards21st Genie AwardsThe 21st Genie Awards were held in 2001 to honour films released in 2000. The ceremony was hosted by Brian Linehan.-Best Motion Picture:*Maelström, Roger Frappier and Luc Vandal, producers...
- Rose Newlove, Michael Scott, David Verrall, Eugène Fedorenko, Village of IdiotsVillage of IdiotsVillage of Idiots is a short animated comedy based on the classic Jewish, humorous, folk tales of Chełm made by animators/directors Eugene Fedorenko and Rose Newlove with the National Film Board of Canada...
- Pierre M. Trudeau, Thérèse Descary, Cuckoo, Mr. Edgar!
- Thérèse Descary, Jean-Jacques Leduc, Claude Cloutier, Marcel Jean, From the Big-Bang to Tuesday Morning
22nd Genie Awards22nd Genie AwardsThe 22nd Genie Awards were held in 2002 to honour films released in 2001. The ceremony was hosted by Brian Linehan.-Best Motion Picture:*Atanarjuat, Norman Cohn, Zacharias Kunuk, Germaine Wong and Paul Apak Angilirq, producers...
- Marcy Page, Paul DriessenPaul Driessen (animator)Paul Driessen is a Dutch film director, animator and writer. His short films have won more than fifty prizes all over the world, including the Life Achievement Awards at both Ottawa and Zagreb animation festivals, and an Academy Award nomination for "3 misses"...
, The Boy Who Saw the Iceberg - Pjotr Sapegin, Marcel Jean, David Reiss-Anderson, AriaAriaAn aria in music was originally any expressive melody, usually, but not always, performed by a singer. The term is now used almost exclusively to describe a self-contained piece for one voice usually with orchestral accompaniment...
- Jennifer Torrance, Cordell BarkerCordell BarkerCordell Barker is a Canadian animator based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He began animating in his late teens after taking on an apprenticeship at Kenn Perkins Animation. He has worked on commercial campaigns for entities such as Coca-Cola, Bell Canada, Lors, Nike, and the Government of Canada...
, Strange InvadersStrange Invaders (animated short film)Strange Invaders is a 2002 short animated film by animator Cordell Barker. It tells the story of Roger and Doris, a couple who lead a quiet life. When a child crashes into their living room, the couple are initially enthralled. However, the child becomes increasingly destructive and proceeds to...
23rd Genie Awards23rd Genie AwardsThe 23rd Genie Awards were held in 2003 to honour films released in 2002. The ceremony was hosted by Arsinée Khanjian and Peter Keleghan.-Best Motion Picture:*Ararat, Atom Egoyan and Robert Lantos, producers...
- Marcy Page, John WeldonJohn Weldon (animator)John Weldon , is a Canadian actor, composer, animator and movie director, known for his National Film Board of Canada animated shorts...
, The Hungry SquidThe Hungry SquidThe Hungry Squid is 2002 animated short film by John Weldon, about a young girl whose homework and personal life is being disrupted by creatures, including a giant ravenous squid...
(NFB) - Marcy Page, Brian Duchscherer, GlassesGlassesGlasses, also known as eyeglasses , spectacles or simply specs , are frames bearing lenses worn in front of the eyes. They are normally used for vision correction or eye protection. Safety glasses are a kind of eye protection against flying debris or against visible and near visible light or...
(NFB) - Marcel Jean, Tali Prévost, Pierre Hébert, Pirouette
24th Genie Awards24th Genie AwardsThe 24th Genie Awards were held in 2004, to honour films released in 2003. The ceremony was hosted by Scott Thompson.-Best Motion Picture:*Les invasions barbares, Denise Robert, Daniel Louis and Fabienne Vonier, producers...
- Munro Ferguson, Marcy Page, Falling in Love AgainFalling in Love Again (2003 film)Falling in Love Again is an animated stereoscopic 3D Film, set to the song Falling in Love Again as sung by Marlene Dietrich. It was created by Munro Ferguson at the National Film Board of Canada using IMAX's Sandde stereoscopic drawing system, and it won a Canadian Genie Award for Best Animated...
- Nicolas Brault, Michèle Bélanger, Islet
- Michèle Lemieux, Jean-Jacques Leduc, Marcel Jean, Stormy Night
25th Genie Awards25th Genie AwardsThe 25th Genie Awards were held on March 21, 2005 to honour the best Canadian films released in 2004. The awards took place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto.Andrea Martin was the host.-Best Motion Picture:...
- Marcy Page, Steven Hoban, Mark Smith, Chris LandrethChris LandrethChris Landreth is an American animator working in Canada, best known for his work on the 2004 film, Ryan. He has made many CGI animated films since the mid-90s, including The End, Bingo, The Listener, Caustic Sky: A Portrait of Regional Acid Deposition, and Data Driven The Story Of Franz...
, RyanRyan (film)Ryan is a 2004 animated documentary by Chris Landreth about the Canadian animator Ryan Larkin, who in later years lived on skid row in Montreal following a history of drug and alcohol abuse.... - Georges SchwizgebelGeorges SchwizgebelGeorges Schwizgebel is a Swiss animation film director whose paint-on-glass-animated 2004 film L'Homme sans ombre won various awards....
, Marcel Jean, L'homme sans ombre (NFB) - Jennifer Torrance, Michael Scott, Anita Lebeau, Louise
- JoDee Samuelson, Kent Martin, Mabel's Saga
- Pjotr Sapegin, Marcel Jean, David Reiss-Anderson, Through My Thick Glasses (NFB)
26th Genie Awards26th Genie AwardsThe 26th Genie Awards were held on March 13, 2006 to honour films released in 2005. The ceremony was held at the Carlu theatre in Toronto. The ceremony was hosted by Lisa Ray and Terry David Mulligan.-Best Picture:...
- Michael Fukushima, Christopher HintonChristopher Hinton (animator)Christopher Hinton is a Canadian film animator and professor, living in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He has been twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, in 1991 for the National Film Board of Canada animated short Blackfly and in 2003 for his independently made short...
, cNoteCNote (film)cNote is a 2004 National Film Board of Canada animated short by Christopher Hinton, which received the Genie Award for Best Animated Short at the 26th Genie Awards... - Patrick Bouchard, Michèle Bélanger, Dehors Novembre (NFB)
- Philippe Jullien, Jean-Pierre Lemouland, Marcel Jean, Ruzz and Ben
27th Genie Awards27th Genie AwardsThe 27th Genie Awards were held on February 13, 2007 to honour films released in 2006. The ceremony was located at the Carlu theatre in Toronto....
- Torill KoveTorill KoveTorill Kove is a Norwegian born Canadian film director and animator. She won the 2007 Academy Award for Animated Short Film for the film The Danish Poet, co-produced by Norway's Mikrofilm AS and the National Film Board of Canada....
, Lise Fearnley, Marcy Page, The Danish PoetThe Danish PoetThe Danish Poet is a 2006 animated short film written, directed, and animated by Torill Kove and narrated by Liv Ullmann. A co-production of the National Film Board of Canada and Mikrofilm AS of Norway, it has won both the Academy Award and Genie Award for best animated short film.-Synopsis:The... - Regina PessoaRegina PessoaRegina Maria Póvoa Pessoa Martins is a Portuguese animator.- Biography :Regina Pessoa was born in Coimbra, but lived in a village near the city until she was seventeen...
, Patrick Eveno, Abi Feijò, Jacques-Rémy Girerd, Marcel Jean, Tragic Story with Happy Ending
29th Genie Awards29th Genie AwardsThe 29th Genie Awards were held on April 4, 2009 to honour films released in 2008. The ceremony was held at the Canadian Aviation Museum in Ottawa, Ontario, and was broadcast on Global...
- Sleeping BettySleeping BettySleeping Betty is a Canadian short film. It won the Best Animated Short at the 29th Genie Awards.The film is a humorous retelling of the classic fairy tale, Sleeping Beauty....
, Claude Cloutier and Marcel Jean - Drux FluxDrux FluxDrux Flux is a 2008 animated short by Theodore Ushev, inspired by Herbert Marcuse’s treatise One-Dimensional Man.A film without words, Drux Flux uses figurative and abstract imagery to portray people as crushed by industry and progress...
, Theodore UshevTheodore UshevTheodore Ushev is an animator, graphic designer, illustrator and multimedia artist, from Montreal, Quebec, Canada.He was born in Bulgaria and graduated stage decoration, animation, and make-up at Plovdiv's School of Scenic Arts.He obtained a Master degree in Graphic Design from the National Academy...
and Marc Bertrand - The Facts in the Case of Mister Hollow, Rodrigo Gudiño, Vincent MarconeVincent MarconeVincent Marcone is a Canadian web designer, illustrator, film director, and musician. He forms one third of the Guelph, Ontario based band Johnny Hollow...
and Marco PecotaMarco PecotaMarco Pecota is the co-publisher of Rue Morgue Magazine and owner of Veni Vidi Vici Motion Pictures.-External links:**...
30th Genie Awards30th Genie AwardsThe 30th Genie Awards were on April 12, 2010 to honour films released in 2009. Nominations were announced on March 1, 2010.-Controversy:Despite having won three awards at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and having been selected as Canada's submission for Best Foreign Language film at the 82nd Academy...
- Derek Mazur, Cordell BarkerCordell BarkerCordell Barker is a Canadian animator based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He began animating in his late teens after taking on an apprenticeship at Kenn Perkins Animation. He has worked on commercial campaigns for entities such as Coca-Cola, Bell Canada, Lors, Nike, and the Government of Canada...
and Michael Scott, RunawayRunaway (animated short)Runaway is a 2009 animated short by Canadian animator Cordell Barker. The film received a special jury award for short films at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival and was named the best animated short film at the 2010 Genie Awards.... - Steven Hoban, Chris LandrethChris LandrethChris Landreth is an American animator working in Canada, best known for his work on the 2004 film, Ryan. He has made many CGI animated films since the mid-90s, including The End, Bingo, The Listener, Caustic Sky: A Portrait of Regional Acid Deposition, and Data Driven The Story Of Franz...
and Marcy Page, The SpineThe Spine (film)The Spine is a 2009 animated short by Chris Landreth about a married dysfunctional couple, created in Landreth's "psycho realist" style, in which characters' mental states are reflected in their physical appearance... - Michael Fukushima, Bruce Alcock, Annette Clarke and Tina Ouellette, Vive la roseVive la roseVive la rose is an 18th century French folk song about unrequited love. "Mon ami me délaisse" is roughly translated as "My boyfriend dumped me". The song goes on to explain that he has found a new girlfriend. Another verse says that rumor has it that she is sick. The narrator says that if she dies,...
31st Genie Awards31st Genie AwardsThe 31st Genie Awards ceremony was held on March 10, 2011 to honour films released in 2010. Nominations were announced on February 2, 2011.William Shatner was announced as the ceremony's host on February 16.-Motion Picture:*Incendies*10½...
- Theodore UshevTheodore UshevTheodore Ushev is an animator, graphic designer, illustrator and multimedia artist, from Montreal, Quebec, Canada.He was born in Bulgaria and graduated stage decoration, animation, and make-up at Plovdiv's School of Scenic Arts.He obtained a Master degree in Graphic Design from the National Academy...
and Marc Bertrand, Lipsett DiariesLipsett DiariesLipsett Diaries is a 2010 short animated documentary about the life and art of troubled experimental filmmaker Arthur Lipsett, animated and directed by Theodore Ushev and written by Chris Robinson... - Claude Cloutier and Marc Bertrand, La Tranchée