The Bronswik Affair

197823 min 25 secFilm: Fiction, Animation

G

Direction: Robert AwadAndré Leduc

Production: René Jodoin

Script: Robert Awad

The Bronswik Affair

A very funny yet deadly serious film, The Bronswik Affair demonstrates the effectiveness of advertising in motivating people to buy products they don't need. It entertains through the comic appeal of its characters and the baroque situations they fall prey to. It also lays bare some facts about the excesses of consumerism prompted by a steady flow of commercials.

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L'affaire Bronswik

Subject categories

  • Media and Communication > Advertising and ConsumerismTelevision Broadcasting and Production
  • Social Issues > Animation and Allegory on Social IssuesConsumer CultureTechnology and Society
  • Media Education > Advertising
  • Family Studies/Home Economics > Consumer Awareness
  • Social Studies > Economics
  • Technology Education > Science and Technology

Credits

director
Robert Awad
André Leduc
producer
René Jodoin
script
Robert Awad
editing
Robert Awad
animation camera
Richard Moras
Jacques Avoine
Raymond Dumas
Simon Leblanc
sound editing
Gilles Quintal
re-recording
Michel Descombes
animation
André Leduc
Robert Awad
Jean-Michel Labrosse
narrator
Ian De Voy
voice
Lorna Brown
Richard Comar

Awards

  • Bronze MedalAnnual Awards Competition / International Film & Television Festival
  • Golden Sheaf Award - Category: Best Humor FilmYorkton Film Festival
  • Third Prize - Given to the Most Humoristic film - with a cash prize of 5000 S.A.International Short Film Festival
  • Silver PlaqueInternational Film Festival
  • COLIOP Award (Comité Lillois d'opinion publique)International Festival of Short and Documentary Films
  • Chris Statuette - Category: Commerce and Industry International Film and Video Festival
  • Certificate for a remarkable Direction - Category: Short film for commercial distributionGolden Gate Awards Competition & International Film Festival
  • Diploma of MeritInternational Film Festival
  • Etrog for Best Theatrical ShortGenie Awards