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Stiltwalkers
200212 min 56 secFilm: Animation
Direction: Sjaak Meilink
Production: David VerrallCilia Van Dijk (Cilia Van Dijk Filmproduction)Marcy PageTon Crone
Script: Sjaak Meilink
Co-produced by the National Film Board of Canada and Cilia Van Dijk Filmproduction with the participation of the Nederland Fonds voor de Film, the Dutch Film Fund and the Netherlands Institute for Animation Film.
A solitary fisherman carves and sketches to pass the time. But this day his drawings seem to have a life of their own. Fish fly off the pages and leap into the sea. An island appears on the watery expanse, and the poles around his boat begin to move ominously. His own creation seems to give rise to a strange, surreal and ultimately fragile two-dimensional world, guarded by a tribe of stiltwalkers.
Stiltwalkers is a parable about the creative power of the mind. Rendered with an extraordinary eye to detail, it is a world where people and objects flow fluidly between two and three dimensions. The music and soundtrack heighten the mystery. Film without words.
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Subject categories
- Arts > Arts and ArtistsCreativity and Inspiration
- Psychology and Psychiatry > Dreams and ImaginationPsychological Processes
Credits
- story
- Sjaak Meilink
- direction
- Sjaak Meilink
- design
- Sjaak Meilink
- animation
- Sjaak Meilink
- design assistant
- Alies Westerveld
- animation assistance
- Alies Westerveld
- sound design
- Normand Roger
- music
- Normand Roger
- sound design - collaboration
- Denis Chartrand
- music - collaboration
- Denis Chartrand
- sound editing
- Pierre Yves Drapeau
- re-recording
- Serge Boivin
- picture editing
- Oana Suteu
- visual effects
- Susan Gourley
- background
- Peggy Arel
- title design
- Wim Westerveld
- Youri Stavenuiter
- armatures
- John Wright Modelmaking
- puppet casting
- Twin FX
- production coordination
- Éric Barbeau
- Richard Lesage
- Andrée Lachapelle
- program administration
- Gisèle Guilbault
- executive producer
- David Verrall
- Cilia Van Dijk
- producer
- Marcy Page
- Ton Crone
Awards
- Class B Award (7 - 21 minutes)(ex-aequo with Flux by Chris Hinton ) - with a cash prize of 1,200,00 Euros (1,900$Cdn divided between the winners)International Animated Film Festival / CINANIMA
- Platinum Award - Category: Short Subject Film & VideoWorldFest - International Film Festival
- Samu Honorable MentionASIFA-East Animated Film Festival
- Award of Excellence in AnimationASIFA-East Animated Film Festival
- Jury Diploma - For atmosphere and the combination of different animation technologiesMessage to Man