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Two Sisters
199110 min 26 secFilm: Animation, Experimental
Direction: Caroline Leaf
Production: Robert ForgetYves LeducDagmar Gueissaz-TeufelJacques Vallée
Script: Caroline Leaf
Viola writes novels in a darkened room. Marie, her sister and only companion, takes care of her every need. Together, they are an island unto themselves, quiet and complete in their isolation. And then the abrupt arrival of a stranger throws their tenuous order into chaos. An animated short etched directly onto tinted 70 mm film.
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Subject categories
- Families > Animation on the FamilyFamily LifeInterpersonal Relationships
- People with disabilities > DisfigurementFamily LifeLifestylesWomen with Disabilities
- Psychology and Psychiatry > Emotional LifeFamily LifeWomen
- Women > Family LifeHealth and IllnessInterpersonal Relationships
- Family Studies/Home Economics > Family Diversity and Challenges
- Health/Personal Development > Healthy RelationshipsIdentityMental Health/Stress/Suicide
Credits
- director
- Caroline Leaf
- script
- Caroline Leaf
- animation
- Caroline Leaf
- producer
- Robert Forget
- Yves Leduc
- Dagmar Gueissaz-Teufel
- Jacques Vallée
- animation camera
- Pierre Landry
- sound
- Shelley Craig
- Louis Hone
- editing
- Camille Laperrière
- sound editing
- Wojtek Klis
- re-recording
- Jean-Pierre Joutel
- Shelley Craig
- voice
- Kathleen Fee
- Jane Woods
- Michael Rudder
- music
- Judith Gruber-Stitzer
Awards
- Special Jury AwardInternational Animation Film Festival
- Alberta - Quebec Award 1992 - Innovative cinema - with a cash prize of 1,250$ (tied with La Fourmi et le volcan)Quebec-Alberta Prizes (Television - Cinema)
- Grand Prize of the Festival - Award for Best StoryInternational Animation Festival
- Grand Prize for the Best Film or Video in the Festival - with a cash prize of 2,000$International Animation Celebration
- Silver Apple Award - Category: AnimationNational Educational Media Network Competition
- Honorable Mention - Category: FamilyItinerant - American Film and Video Festival
- Best Film Award - Category: Fiction, Short FilmInternational Animated Film Festival
- Award for the High Quality of the Production (tied with After the Oak Shed Its Leaves, Czechoslovakia) - Category: Films with a screening time from 10 to 40 minutes.International Animated Film Festival / CINANIMA
- Best Film Award - Category: Animation - with a cash prize of 3,500FIMInternational Film Festival
- Best Animation AwardInternational Short Film Festival