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Runaway
20099 min 10 secFilm: Animation, Fiction
Direction: Cordell Barker
Production: Michael ScottDerek Mazur
Script: Cordell Barker
Happy passengers are having a great time on a crowded train, oblivious to the
unknown fate that awaits them around the bend. The ensuing crisis leads to a
class struggle that is as amusing as it is merciless. Naturally there are
victims, but in the end everyone is equal.
Cordell Barker, who directed The Cat Came Back
and Strange Invaders, is once again at his best with
Runaway. Set to the music of Ben Charest (composer of the Triplets
of Belleville), Runaway takes you on a
journey that is both funny and disastrous.
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Subject categories
- Religion, Beliefs and Ethics > Animation on Life and DeathLife and Death
- Transportation > Passenger TransportationRailways
- Social Studies > Contemporary Issues
- Science > Physical Science
Credits
- director
- Cordell Barker
- animator
- Cordell Barker
- writer
- Cordell Barker
- original music
- Benoît Charest
- musician
- Chet Doxas
- Jim Doxas
- Mike Cartile
- Al McClean
- Dave Martin
- Morgan Moore
- John Sadowy
- cast
- Richard Condie
- Leonard Waldner
- Muriel Hogue
- additional animation
- Chris Cormier
- Jason Doll
- digital paint
- John Tanasiciuk
- compositing
- John Tanasiciuk
- sound designer
- Howard Rissin
- mixer
- Howard Rissin
- online editor
- Denis Pilon
- digital imaging consultation
- Susan Gourley
- production coordinator
- Rolande Petit
- program administrator
- Cyndi Forcand
- marketing manager
- Mia Desroches
- producer
- Michael Scott
- Derek Mazur
- associate producer
- Scott Collins
- executive producer
- Michael Scott
- Derek Mazur
Awards
- Best Short Animated FilmNewport Beach Film Festival
- Golden Sheaf Award: AnimationYorkton Film Festival
- Special Award- with a cash prize of € 3000International Film Festival
- Audience Award for Best International ShortFlorida Film Festival
- Mention for the Young Jury AwardPlein la bobine - Festival de Cinéma Jeunes Publics
- Mention for the Professional Jury AwardPlein la bobine - Festival de Cinéma Jeunes Publics
- People's Choice AwardPlein la bobine - Festival de Cinéma Jeunes Publics
- Golden Cartoon Award for Best Short Film- with a cash prize of $2000 USDChina International Animation and Digital Arts Festival (CICDAF)
- Best AnimationNew York City Short Film Festival
- Special Jury AwardInternational Animated Film Festival
- Camério L'Avantage Award for Best Animation: Category 12 and underCarrousel international du film
- Audience Award (ages 5 to 10)International Children's Film Festival
- Grand Jury PrizeInternational Film Festival
- Petit Rail d’Or for Best Short Film- with a 1 000 € cash prize to edit a new printInternational Film Festival