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The Necktie
200812 min 17 secFilm: Animation, Fiction
Direction: Jean-François Lévesque
Production: René ChénierMichèle BélangerJulie Roy
Script: Jean-François Lévesque
This skilful, finely-detailed animation using puppets and animated drawings exposes the dehumanizing effects of futile work and the fading of youthful aspirations.
The Necktie is fifteen years in the life of Valentin, a faithful employee working a useless task in a dead-end job, deceived by a two-dimensional boss. He nonetheless struggles against absurdity with humanity and hope. On his 40th birthday he rediscovers an old accordion hidden in a closet and regains the joy of life.
Filmmaker Jean-François Lévesque takes a critical look at work and charmingly illustrates the power of hope.
A film without words with mixed traditional and digital techniques.
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Subject categories
- Social Issues > Animation and Allegory on Social Issues
- Work and Labour Relations > Work and Labour IssuesWorking Life
- Family Studies/Home Economics > Adolescent Development
- English Language Arts > Children's Stories/Fables
- Health/Personal Development > Human Growth and Development
- Arts Education > Music
Credits
- direction
- Jean-François Lévesque
- script
- Jean-François Lévesque
- animation
- Jean-François Lévesque
- puppets
- Jean-François Lévesque
- 2D animation
- Luc Chamberland
- script consultant
- Pierre Billon
- animation assistant
- Valérie Dupras
- props
- Valérie Dupras
- sets
- Bertrand Lévesque
- armatures
- Lionel Ivan Orozco
- editing
- Natacha Dufaux
- sound design
- Marie-Claude Gagné
- music
- Hugo Fleury
- musician
- Pascal Gingras
- Martin Desjardins
- foley
- Nicolas Gagnon
- recording
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- re-recording
- Serge Boivin
- Jean Paul Vialard
- Shelley Craig
- digital imaging specialist
- Pierre Plouffe
- Susan Gourley
- Benoît Chagnon
- compositing
- SteGo
- Jean-François Lévesque
- Jean Yuson Gaudreault
- scanning
- Pierre Landry
- electronic technologist
- Richard Fiset
- online editing
- Denis Gathelier
- titles
- Gaspard Gaudreau
- marketing manager
- Christine Noël
- administrator
- Diane Régimbald
- administrative team
- Diane Ayotte
- Karine Desmeules
- Michèle Labelle
- technical coordinator
- Julie Laperrière
- line production
- Francine Langdeau
- executive producer
- René Chénier
- producer
- Michèle Bélanger
- Julie Roy
Awards
- Special MentionWorld Festival of Animated Films
- ASIFA Special Award (International Animated Film Society– Argentinean Group) for the Best Short Animation FilmFestival Internacional de Cine para la Infancia y la Juventud
- Camério Prix du publicCarrousel international du film
- Audience Prize for Best Canadian Short FilmMontreal World Film Festival
- Prize for Best Short FilmMontreal World Film Festival
- "Fabrizio Bellocchio" Prize for Social ContentInt’l Festival of Animated Films / I Castelli Animati
- NFB Youth Jury Award for Best Animated ShortFreeze Frame International Children Film Festival
- Best AnimationYorkton Film Festival
- Best Animated Short Film - with a cash prize of 500$International Film Festival
- Best AnimationGala Québec Cinéma