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Madame Tutli-Putli
200717 min 21 secFilm: Animation
Direction: Chris LavisMaciek Szczerbowski
Production: David VerrallMarcy Page
Script: Chris LavisMaciek Szczerbowski
Madame Tutli-Putli boards the night train, weighed down by all her earthly possessions and the ghosts of her past.
She travels alone, facing both the kindness and menace of strangers. As day descends into dark, she finds herself caught up in a desperate metaphysical adventure. Adrift between real and imagined worlds, Madame Tutli-Putli confronts her demons and is drawn into an undertow of mystery and suspense.
The National Film Board of Canada presents a stunning, stop-motion animated film that takes the viewer on an exhilarating existential journey. The film introduces groundbreaking visual techniques and is supported by a haunting and original score. Painstaking care and craftsmanship in form and detail bring to life a fully imagined, tactile world unlike any you have seen.
Jungian thriller? Hitchcockian suspense? Artistic tour de force? The night train awaits you. Film without words.
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Subject categories
- Psychology and Psychiatry > Dreams and ImaginationEmotional Life
- Media Education > Film Animation
Credits
- story
- Chris Lavis
- Maciek Szczerbowski
- direction
- Chris Lavis
- Maciek Szczerbowski
- special visual effects
- Jason Walker
- puppets
- Chris Lavis
- Maciek Szczerbowski
- sets
- Chris Lavis
- Maciek Szczerbowski
- animation
- Chris Lavis
- Maciek Szczerbowski
- choreography
- Laurie Maher
- digital compositing
- Peter George
- production assistance
- Kim Billing
- Nikki Woolsey
- Jonathan McCurley
- Eric Goulem
- costumes
- Lea Carlson
- Laurie Maher
- character models
- Laurie Maher
- Eric Goulem
- Tao Jiang
- Terry Yasunaka
- Maciek Szczerbowski
- Chris Lavis
- sound design
- David Bryant
- foley
- David Bryant
- Olivier Calvert
- music direction
- Jean-Frédéric Messier
- David Bryant
- sound editing
- Olivier Calvert
- assistant sound design
- Gordon Krieger
- re-recording
- Serge Boivin
- Jean Paul Vialard
- digital imaging consultation
- Susan Gourley
- Pierre Plouffe
- off-line conform
- Jason Lee
- online editing
- Denis Gathelier
- technical coordination
- Julie Laperrière
- Richard Lesage
- marketing
- Hélène Tanguay
- administration
- Gisèle Guilbault
- production coordinator
- Elaine Largie
- executive producer
- David Verrall
- producer
- Marcy Page
Awards
- Best Animation Award - First Place - with a cash prize of 2,000$USInternational Short Film Festival
- Best Narrative Short Animation under 35 minutesInternational Animation Festival
- Best Canadian ShortAtlantic International Film Festival
- Movieola Best Short AwardInternational Film Festival
- Special MentionInternational Shortfilm Festival - Interfilm
- First Prize- Best Short Film with a cash prize of 9000 eurosAnimacor - International Animation Festival
- NFB Prize for Best Short Film- with a contribution of $1,000 towards next film (ex aequo with Dust Bowl Ha! Ha! by Sébastien Pilote)Festival du nouveau cinéma
- Grand Prize ex-aequo with "The Pearce Sisters" directed by Luis Cook- cash prize of 2000 eurosInternational Animated Film Festival / CINANIMA
- Prize RTP2 - Onda CurtaInternational Animated Film Festival / CINANIMA
- Alves Costa PrizeInternational Animated Film Festival / CINANIMA
- Jury Prize for Best DesignBlack Nights Film Festival & Animated Dreams
- Best AnimationNew York City Short Film Festival
- Yoram Gross Award for Best Animation- with cash prize of 1,250$ AUDFlickerfest International Short Film Festival
- Cineplex Entertainment Award for Best Short AnimationFilm Festival
- Special Jury PrizeInt’l Festival of Animated Films / I Castelli Animati
- Jury Special Mention - Best Short AnimationCartoon and Animated Film Festival
- Grand Jury Prize- Animated ShortSouth by Southwest Film Conference and Festival (SXSW)
- Grand Prix- with a cash prize of 5000 eurosInternational Film Festival
- Audience Award- International CompetitionInternational Film Festival
- Best Animation - with a cash prize of 1500 eurosInternational Film Festival
- Golden Gate Award forBest Animated Short-with a cash prize of $2,000 USDGolden Gate Awards Competition & International Film Festival
- Golden Horseman Animated Film Award with a cash prize of € 7500Filmfest - International Festival for Animation and Short Films
- Best Sound(scape) Award with a cash prize of € 3 000Filmfest - International Festival for Animation and Short Films
- Best Animated ShortGenie Awards
- Audience Choice Prize - Professional FilmInternational Cartoon & Animation Festival (SICAF)
- Grand Competition Special PrizeWorld Festival of Animated Films
- Golden Nica with a cash prize of 10, 000 eurosPrix ARS Electronica
- Audience AwardInternational Animation Festival
- Judges' AwardInternational Animation Festival
- Best Film of MIAF 2008International Animation Festival
- "Andrei Toncu" Best Soundtrack AwardNext International Short and Medium Length Film Festival
- Award for Best Animation- Short Film SectionAnima Mundi
- Special International Jury PrizeInternational Animation Festival
- Best Animated Short AwardFilm Festival
- MovieSquad HAFF 2008 AwardHolland Animation Film Festival
- Grand Prix - Golden Pegasus - with a cash prize of $50,000 PLN (approx. $25,000 CDN)Animator International Animation Festival
- Audience Award - "Anima" SectionInternational Film Festival "Etiuda & Anima"
- Student Jury AwardInternational Film Festival "Etiuda & Anima"
- Best Film- Jury's ChoiceLondon International Animation Festival - LIAF
- Best Film - Audience's choiceLondon International Animation Festival - LIAF
- Silver AwardInternational Animation Festival
- Award for Best Visual- with a cash prize of 2000 CHFFANTOCHE International Animation Film Festival
- Canal+ Award for Best Short Film - with a one month stay at the Moulin d'Andé and 6,000Euros support in equipment for the shooting. (Semaine de la critique)International Film Festival
- Petit Rail d'Or for Best Short Film - given by a group of cinephiles railwaymen (Semaine de la Critique)International Film Festival
- C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures Award for Best Animated Short - with a cash prize of $5,000Worldwide Short Film Festival