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Affairs of the Art
202116 min 23 secFilm: Animation
Direction: Joanna Quinn
Production: Michael Fukushima (National Film Board of Canada)Les Mills (Beryl Productions)
Script: Les Mills
A Co-production between Beryl Productions International Ltd and the National Film Board of Canada.
How many obsessions can one family have? In Joanna Quinn and Les Mills’ Affairs of the Art, we reconnect with Beryl, the working-class heroine who not only reveals her own obsession with drawing but exposes the addictions of her eccentric family, which include pickling, screw threads and pet taxidermy.
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Subject categories
- Arts > Arts and Artists
- Psychology and Psychiatry > Children
- Visual Arts > Drawing
- Children and Youth > Family Life
- Families > Interpersonal Relationships
- Women > Interpersonal Relationships
Credits
- cast
- Menna Trussler
- Joanna Quinn
- Brendan Charleson
- Mali Ann Rees
- animation
- Joanna Quinn
- James Nutting
- additional animation
- Marci Rojas
- Mia Rose Goddard
- Eliot Cseh
- Gemma Roberts
- Arjan Wilschut
- Alex Thompson
- Yoana Georgieva
- Jordan Alexander Davies
- Becky Peel
- clean-up
- Marci Rojas
- Eliot Cseh
- Hannah Jones
- Bryony Evans
- Mia Rose Goddard
- assisting
- Marci Rojas
- Eliot Cseh
- Hannah Jones
- Bryony Evans
- Mia Rose Goddard
- colour design
- Les Mills
- tvp colour design
- Mia Rose Goddard
- compositing
- Mia Rose Goddard
- AfterEffects compositing
- Francine Bresling
- Mia Rose Goddard
- additional after effects compositing
- Daniel Evans
- Eliot Cseh
- Lauren Orme
- editor
- Mia Rose Goddard
- video post-production
- Gelert
- voice recording
- John Hardy Music
- Gorilla TV LTd.
- Bang Post Production Ltd.
- sound design
- Olivier Calvert
- foley artist
- Nicolas Gagnon
- re-recording mixer
- Paul McFadden
- Bang Post Production Ltd.
- technical advisor
- Éloi Champagne
- technical coordination
- Luc Binette
- Randall Finnerty
- marketing
- Geneviève Bérard
- Émilie Ryan
- administration
- Rosalina Di Sario
- Dominique Forget
- Faisal Moula
- producer
- Michael Fukushima
- Les Mills
- writer
- Les Mills
- director
- Joanna Quinn
Awards
- Award for Best AnimationInternational Short Film Festival
- Jury Award: ComedyAspen Shortfest
- Jury Distinction "Special Distinction for Direction"International Animated Film Festival
- Best Short AwardKaboom Animation Festival
- Best of International Animation SectionInternational Weekend of Animation
- Anima Grand PrixInternational Film Festival "Etiuda & Anima"
- Anima Public ChoiceInternational Film Festival "Etiuda & Anima"
- Gold Hugo Best Animated Short Film AwardInternational Film Festival
- Audience AwardNew York City Short Film Festival
- Audience PrizeAnimest - International Animation Film Festival
- Special MentionInternational Film Festival
- Audience Award International CompetitionFANTOCHE International Animation Film Festival
- Best British FilmLondon International Animation Festival - LIAF
- The Profnastil Prize (best animation of the international competition – short animation)Insomnia International Animation Film Festival
- Grand PrixAnimasyros- International Animation Festival and Forum
- Best AnimationInternational Film Festival
- Special Jury Award.Monstra
- Special MentionManchester Animation Festival
- Best European Short Film AwardInternational Film Festival
- Golden Spike Best ShortInternational Film Festival
- Short Form Fiction SeriesWorld Media Festival
- Best AnimationThis is England- British Short Film Festival
- Audience PrizeThis is England- British Short Film Festival
- Best animationDiscover Film Awards
- Best Short FilmBAFTA Cymru Awards
- Audience AwardCardiff Animation Festival
- Audience AwardBig Cartoon Festival
- Special Jury MentionBig Cartoon Festival
- International Grand PrixInternational Animation Film Festival Tindirindis
- Best Sound MixingANIMAGE- International Animation Festival of Pernambuco
- Best Animation ShortIndependent Film Festival
- VedoAnimato 2021 AwardLinea d'Ombra Festival
- 2D Narrative Short prizeSpark Animation Festival
- Best Character-Based ShortAnimation Festival
- Best DirectorAnimation Festival