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Skin for Skin
201715 min 2 secFilm: Animation
Direction: Kevin D.A. KurytnikCarol Beecher
Production: Bonnie Thompson (National Film Board of Canada)Carol Beecher (Fifteen Pound Pink Productions)David Christensen (National Film Board of Canada)
Script: Kevin D.A. KurytnikCarol Beecher
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada in association with Fifteen Pound Pink Productions.
Skin for Skin is a dark allegory of greed and spiritual reckoning set during the early days of the fur trade.
In 1823, the Governor of the largest fur-trading company in the world travels across his Dominion, extracting ever-greater riches from the winter bounty of animal furs. In his brutal world of profit and loss, animals are slaughtered to the brink of extinction until the balance of power shifts, and the forces of nature exact their own terrible price.
With nods to Melville and Coleridge, directors Carol Beecher & Kevin Kurytnik have created a visually stunning contemporary myth about the cost of arrogance and greed.
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Subject categories
- History - Canada - Pre-1867 > Fur Trades
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > Fur Trades, Hunting and Trapping
Credits
- writer
- Kevin D.A. Kurytnik
- Carol Beecher
- director
- Kevin D.A. Kurytnik
- Carol Beecher
- producer
- Bonnie Thompson
- Carol Beecher
- executive producer
- David Christensen
- story team
- William Dyer
- Danielle Bazinet
- Jon-Jon Atienza
- Nic Wassill
- Lyndon Navalta
- Ryder McLean
- storyboard artist
- Danielle Bazinet
- Kevin D.A. Kurytnik
- editing
- Carol Beecher
- art direction
- Kevin D.A. Kurytnik
- assistant art director
- Lyndon Navalta
- production manager
- Carol Beecher
- production design
- Kevin D.A. Kurytnik
- Danielle Bazinet
- Lyndon Navalta
- lead colour artist
- Lyndon Navalta
- compositor
- Lyndon Navalta
- William Dyer
- Court Brinsmead
- Jon-Jon Atienza
- Brian Batista
- colour artist
- William Dyer
- Court Brinsmead
- technical director
- William Dyer
- texture artist
- Danielle Bazinet
- character design
- Douglas Nhung
- Julianna Michek
- concept artist
- Lyndon Navalta
- Ryder McLean
- Hunter Bonyun
- Eran Fowler
- Cynthia Ward
- pre-viz modeler
- Justin Goran
- 3D modeling
- Nic Wassill
- assistant modeler
- Ryder McLean
- Blake Figol
- lighting
- Jon-Jon Atienza
- David Reynolds
- Blake Figol
- effects
- Jon-Jon Atienza
- Brian Batista
- animation supervisor
- Carol Beecher
- William Dyer
- lead 3D animator
- William Dyer
- layout
- Carol Beecher
- Court Brinsmead
- Ryder McLean
- Blake Figol
- Nic Wassill
- rigging
- Jon-Jon Atienza
- Ryder McLean
- Price Morgan
- production intern
- Shawna Saunders
- Alexandra Hodgson
- Danielle Vuono
- Lauren Shipton
- Balbina Argenti
- Lee Jang
- Kelly-Ann Desouza
- Milan Bojanic
- Kristy Lannan
- lead researcher
- Carol Beecher
- research assistant
- Emma Rouleau
- David McGonigal
- production assistant
- Guilia Comin
- Ryley Bryanton
- Adam Muhieddine
- Christina Mah
- technical consultant
- Sean Craig
- Steve Kahwati
- supervising sound editor
- Frank Laratta
- sound editor
- Brent Planiden
- Matt Coffey
- Tyler Rambie
- foley
- Matt Coffey
- Tyler Rambie
- re-recording mixer
- Brent Planiden
- Frank Laratta
- voice group
- Paul Boucher
- Inouk Touzin
- Stéphane Prevost
- Stephan Gabriele
- Jim Ripley
- Roger Rhodes
- music score
- Frank Laratta
- sound design
- Frank Laratta
- audio post production facility
- Propeller Studios Inc.
- piper
- Owen Bonnar
- additional sound editing
- Jimmy Bustos
- Ryan Von Hagen
- colourist
- Jeff August
- Nick Zacharkiw
- online editor
- Brock Roberts
- production coordinator
- Ginette D'Silva
- Faye Yoneda
- Jasmine Pullukatt
- marketing manager
- Leslie Stafford
- program administrator
- Bree Beach
- Ginette D'Silva
- production supervisor
- Mark Power
- Esther Viragh
- centre operations manager
- Darin Clausen
- executive director
- Michelle van Beusekom
Awards
- Grand Jury Award for Best AnimationInternational Film Festival
- Audience Favourite, Alberta ShortInternational Film Festival
- Best Overall ShortInternational Film Festival
- Special Mention- category Best Short Film More than 5 up to 24 minInternational Animated Film Festival / CINANIMA
- Silver Skull AwardMorbido Film Festival
- AnimationYorkton Film Festival
- Best of FestYorkton Film Festival
- Best Canadian AnimationGIRAF International Festival of Independent Animation
- Best from Away AwardFAVA FEST- Film and Video Arts Society of Alberta
- Special Distinction AwardInternational Cartoon & Animation Festival (SICAF)
- Audience AwardConscious Cartoons International Animation Festival
- Best Overall SoundAlberta Motion Picture Industries Association - AMPIA
- Best Director, Drama Under 30 MinutesAlberta Motion Picture Industries Association - AMPIA
- Rosie AwardAlberta Motion Picture Industries Association - AMPIA