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Paula
201110 min 29 secFilm: Animation
Direction: Dominic-Étienne Simard
Production: René ChénierJulie Roy
Script: Dominic-Étienne Simard
Her name is Paula. As day breaks over the waking city, she's already at work – looking for clients as she walks a stretch of sidewalk in front of the corner grocery store. She likes handing out dog treats and joining in kids’ games. The grocer's son sees Paula as a reassuring mother figure, and he feels emptiness whenever she is away.
Inspired by a real-life news item, director Dominic Etienne Simard paints a pulsating portrait of a mixed-use, working-class neighbourhood where young families cross paths with prostitutes, their interactions leaving unpredictable ripples in the motley fabric of urban life.
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Subject categories
- Urbanism > Animation on Urban LifeUrban Life
- Women > Interpersonal Relationships
- Social Issues > Urban Life
- Health/Personal Development > Bullying & Discrimination
- Ethics and Religious Culture > Ethical Values
- Civics/Citizenship > Human Rights
Credits
- script
- Dominic-Étienne Simard
- animation
- Dominic-Étienne Simard
- direction
- Dominic-Étienne Simard
- editing
- Dominic-Étienne Simard
- Alain Baril
- compositing
- Emmanuel Suquet
- sound design
- Olivier Calvert
- original music
- Ramachandra Borcar
- musician
- Philip Hornsey
- foley
- Lise Wedlock
- recording
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- re-recording
- Serge Boivin
- Shelley Craig
- digital imaging specialist
- Pierre Plouffe
- Susan Gourley
- online editing
- Yannick Carrier
- titles
- Gaspard Gaudreau
- actor
- Lucie Lavallée
- Émanuel Benoît
- Benjamin Hatcher
- Luc Charest
- Katherine Granger
- Jérémie Verrette
- David Poulin
- Christina Sciortino
- Félix Thompson
- director of photography
- Jean-Pierre St-Louis
- 1st camera assistant
- Shane Smith
- lighting director
- Patrice Houx
- lighting
- Jean-François Lépine
- grip-lighting
- Léopold Laliberté-Guy
- Henri Normand
- production manager
- Virginie Léger
- 1st assistant director
- René Pothier
- script supervisor
- Martine Létourneau
- art direction
- Gilles Aird
- set director
- Jean Kazimirchuck
- scenic painter
- Johanne Dumoulin
- Marc Desjardins
- costume designer-dresser
- Nicole Magny
- makeup artist
- Elaine Hamel
- acting coach
- Liane Simard
- 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
- Julie Roy
Awards
- Special Award for Music Film/Music – for Music- with a cash prize of PLN 10,000 grossAnimator International Animation Festival
- Berlin-Brandenburg Short Award- Best Film- with a cash prize of € 6000International Shortfilm Festival - Interfilm
- Best Animated ShortCanadian Screen Awards