Romance

20117 min 21 secFilm: Animation

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Direction: Georges Schwizgebel

Production: Marc Bertrand (National Film Board of Canada)René ChénierGeorges Schwizgebel (Studio GDS)

Produced by Studio GDS in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada and Radio Télévision Suisse with the financial participation of the Office Fédéral de la Culture, the Fonds Regio Films, Loterie Romande, Succès cinema, Succès Passage Antenne and Ville de Genève.

Two strangers, a man and a woman, sit beside each other on an airplane. After takeoff, the plane goes through some turbulence – and, influenced by the unknown, the man's spirit plunges into a different world. Here, his desires take control, and the result is a grand romantic saga. In this animated film, director Georges Schwizgebel masterfully sweeps us into another world through music and movement, breaking down the boundaries between desire and reality. Set to the music of the second movement of Rachmaninoff's Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 19, the film transorts us into the traveller's labyrinthine thoughts. Animated with pencil, pastels and acrylics, and underpinned by the musical dialogue between piano and cello, Romance is a dazzling visual transcription of this Rachmaninoff scherzo.

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Subject categories


  • Music > Animation and Experimental Films
  • Psychology and Psychiatry > Dreams and ImaginationEmotional LifeInterpersonal Relationships
  • Arts Education > MusicVisual Arts
  • Family Studies/Home Economics > Relationships

Credits


cello
Tina Schwizgebel-Wang
piano
Louis Schwizgebel-Wang
music recording
Yvan Bing
sound design
Olivier Calvert
direction
Georges Schwizgebel
technical coordinator
Julie Laperrière
administration
Diane Régimbald
line production
Francine Langdeau
production
Marc Bertrand
René Chénier
Georges Schwizgebel
foley
Lise Wedlock
re-recording
Jean Paul Vialard

Awards


  • Jury Special Prize in Short Film Category of Golden Dinosaur AwardChina International Animation and Digital Arts Festival (CICDAF)
  • Best Short Film - with a cash prize of $4,000 BRLANIMAGE- International Animation Festival of Pernambuco
  • Best Animated ShortGenie Awards
  • Jury's Special MentionWorld Festival of Animated Films