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The Colours of My Father: A Portrait of Sam Borenstein
199129 minFilm: Animation, Documentary
Direction: Joyce Borenstein
Production: Richard ElsonSally BochnerColin NealeChristine York
Script: Joyce Borenstein
Co-produced by Imageries P.B. Ltée and the NFB in association with TVOntario and with the financial assistance of Telefilm Canada, la Société générale des industries culturelles - Québec and le ministère des Affaires culturelles du Québec.
With great singleness of purpose, Sam Borenstein painted for over 40 years. Despite his obvious talent it was only near the end of his life that his work began to be known. Twenty years after the artist's death, animation filmmaker Joyce Borenstein brings her father's work to a wider audience. Using various animation techniques in this documentary, she skillfully and harmoniously integrates archival material, filmed sequences, the painting themselves, and reminiscences of friends and family, to bring Sam Borenstein's work to life.
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Subject categories
- Visual Arts > PaintingPortraitsQuébec
Credits
- director
- Joyce Borenstein
- script
- Joyce Borenstein
- animation
- Joyce Borenstein
- producer
- Richard Elson
- Sally Bochner
- executive producer
- Colin Neale
- associate producer
- Christine York
- photography
- David De Volpi
- animation camera
- Pierre Landry
- sound
- Diane Carrière
- Michel Chalut
- Donald Cohen
- Adrian Croll
- Ron Hallis
- Ed Harker
- Claude Hazanavicius
- Hans Oomes
- editing
- Rita Roy
- sound editing
- Paul Demers
- re-recording
- Hans Peter Strobl
- Adrian Croll
- voice
- Paul Soles
- Griffith Brewer
- music
- Normand Roger
Awards
- Special Jury Award - Alberta-Quebec Award (Tied with The Company of Strangers and Love-Moi) - with a cash prize of 1,250$World Media Festival
- Golden Sheaf Award - Category: Best Documentary under 30 minutesYorkton Film Festival
- Special Jury Award for its artistic inovation and creativity in documentaryNational Educational Media Network Competition
- Certificate of MeritInternational Film Festival
- Blue Ribbon Award - Category: Arts Profile Itinerant - American Film and Video Festival
- Bronze Plaque Award International Film and Video Festival
- FIFART AwardFestival international du film sur l'art FIFART