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The Metamorphosis of Mr. Samsa
19779 min 42 secFilm: Animation
Direction: Caroline Leaf
Production: Caroline Leaf
A film based on Franz Kafka's short story The Metamorphosis, the story is told through the animation of beach sand on a piece of glass. An imaginative sound track and innovative artwork combine to recreate a Kafkaesque world of alienation and guilt. Sound film without words.
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Subject categories
- Literature and Language > Adaptations of Literary WorksAnimation based on LiteratureWorld Literature
- English Language Arts > Children's Stories/Fables
- Media Education > Film Animation
- Arts Education > Visual Arts
Credits
- director
- Caroline Leaf
- producer
- Caroline Leaf
- animation
- Caroline Leaf
- sound
- Normand Roger
Awards
- Honorable Mention - Category: Art and Culture International Film and Video Festival
- Certificate for an Outstanding FilmInternational Film Festival
- Special Jury AwardInternational Animation Festival
- Special Jury AwardInternational Animation Festival
- Merit AwardAnnual International Film Festival
- Certificate of Merit - Category: Animated FIlmsCork Film Festival
- Diploma of Distinction for artistic qualities of the Canadian Short FilmInternational Film Festival
- Grand Prize of the FestivalInternational Film Festival
- Certificate for Outstanding AchievementGolden Gate Awards Competition & International Film Festival
- Critic's AwardInternational Animated Film Festival
- Best Animated Film ex-aequo with A Christmas Gift by Will VintonHEMISFILM