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Paradise
198415 min 20 secFilm: Animation
Direction: Ishu Patel
Production: Ishu PatelDouglas MacDonald
Within the crystal chambers of a glittering palace, a magnificent bird performs for its Emperor--its plumage a blaze of colour. A blackbird, watching enviously, strives to acquire what he so desperately covets, only to discover that a golden cage cannot vie with the open skies. Innovative mixed-media techniques--cutouts, colour pencil renderings on cels and paper, multiple exposures, and backlit perforated backgrounds--combine with human imagination to produce this visually stunning animation short. Film without words.
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Subject categories
- Literature and Language > Legends, Myths, and Tales
- Animals > Stories
- Arts Education > ArtVisual Arts
- English Language Arts > Children's Stories/Fables
- Health/Personal Development > Identity
Credits
- concept
- Ishu Patel
- design
- Ishu Patel
- animation
- Ishu Patel
- layouts
- George Ungar
- character animation
- George Ungar
- story development
- Eunice Macaulay
- production co-ordinator
- Joan Churchill
- music
- Gheorghe Zamfir
- additional music
- Normand Roger
- sound effects
- Normand Roger
- animation camera effects
- Pierre Landry
- additional animation
- Joseph Gilland
- colour design
- Joan Churchill
- Brenda Martin
- Aileen Brophy
- rendering
- Joan Churchill
- Brenda Martin
- Aileen Brophy
- rendering assistant
- Meilan Lam
- Pepita Ferrari
- Gabriel Caya
- Hasmig Marangian
- Joanne Disensi
- music recording
- Louis Hone
- sound mixing
- Jean-Pierre Joutel
- director
- Ishu Patel
- producer
- Ishu Patel
- executive producer
- Douglas MacDonald
Awards
- Award for Best Short FilmInternational Film Festival for Children
- General Award - OverseasA.T.O.M. Awards for Short Educational Films & Videos
- Special Award (animation) - with a cash prize of 750$International Film Festival
- First Prize - Category: 15 to 30 minutes FilmsInternational Animation Celebration
- Second Place - Category: Film as ArtNational Educational Media Network Competition
- Blue Ribbon Award - Category: AnimationItinerant - American Film and Video Festival
- International Jury's Prize - Category: Films for YouthGijón International Film Festival
- Special Jury Award (Tied with Enfer by Rein Raamat, USSR)International Animated Film Festival
- Special Jury Award for Originality and Aesthetic QualityFestival international du dessin animé, de l'animation et de marionnettes
- Silver Bear - Category: Best Short FilmInternational Film Festival
- Award of Merit for its visual poetry - Category: films from 15 to 30 minutesInternational Animation Festival