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Romance
20117 min 21 secFilm: Animation
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.
Availability
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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