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Glasses
200122 min 32 secFilm: Animation, Children's film, Fiction
Direction: Brian Duchscherer
Production: Barrie Angus McLeanDavid VerrallMarcy Page
Milo is always losing his lunchbox, screwing up in class and humiliating himself on the playground. He'd like to be invincible like his comic book hero Captain Cosmo, but for a shy near-sighted kid, the humiliations of Grade One know no bounds! He lives in a lonely, blurry world and is blind to his one true friend, Gwenny.
A visit to the eye doctor brings things into focus. His first pair of glasses enables Milo to excel in class and on the playground. Full of new-found confidence, he loses sight of who his friends really are until a crushing accident reminds him.
Funny and poignant, Glasses is a vivid cinematic exploration of elementary school life and just how hard it can be when you don't see things quite the way everyone else does.
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Subject categories
- Children and Youth > Children's StoriesPeer Relationships
- Health/Personal Development > Bullying & DiscriminationHealthy Relationships
- Family Studies/Home Economics > Child Development
Credits
- direction
- Brian Duchscherer
- design
- Brian Duchscherer
- animation
- Brian Duchscherer
- original story
- Erna Buffie
- Brian Duchscherer
- puppets
- Brian Duchscherer
- Jennifer Small
- set construction
- Brian Duchscherer
- Jennifer Small
- additional set construction
- Peggy Arel
- picture editing
- Hannele Halm
- Phyllis Lewis
- digital imaging effects
- Susan Gourley
- background optical graphics
- Pascale Nadeau
- Ishu Patel
- lighting
- Éric Barbeau
- David De Volpi
- technical assistance
- Éric Barbeau
- David De Volpi
- voice talent
- Sonja Ball
- Jamieson Boulanger
- Kliment Dentchev
- Anna Papadakos
- Tali
- Hayley Renolds
- original music
- Judith Gruber-Stitzer
- sound supervision
- Judith Gruber-Stitzer
- musician
- Judith Gruber-Stitzer
- Peter Freeman
- Marc Villemure
- sound editing
- Tony Reed
- foley
- Karla Baumgardner
- Elana Medicoff
- foley recording
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- Patrick Viegas
- music recording
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- Patrick Viegas
- voice recording
- Michel Chalut
- track reading
- Michèle Soucy
- final mix
- Jean Paul Vialard
- Shelley Craig
- production coordination
- Éric Barbeau
- Richard Lesage
- Andrée Lachapelle
- program administrator
- Gisèle Guilbault
- Carrol Smith
- executive producer
- Barrie Angus McLean
- David Verrall
- producer
- Marcy Page
Awards
- Golden Sheaf Award - Category: Best AnimationYorkton Film Festival
- Second Prize - Special Award for First WorkAnima Mundi
- Camerio Award for Best Short FilmCarrousel international du film
- Special Jury Prize - Category: Best Short FilmFestival International du film pour enfants (FIFEM)
- Chris Statuette - Category: Education and Information International Film and Video Festival
- Special Commendation - Category: Early EducationInternational Educational Program Contest Japan Prize
- Norman McLaren Award for Best AnimationAIFF Kids