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Paradise (1984 Film)
''Paradise'' is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Ishu Patel and released in 1984. Summary Using a variety of hand-drawn animation techniques, including cut-out animation, back-lit plasticine, sand and painted glass, the film tells the story of a blackbird who witnesses a brightly coloured bird living in the crystal palace of an emperor; envious of the other bird's apparent opulence, he strives to attain the same lifestyle for himself only to discover that it entails spending most of his time living in a gilded cage.Wyndham Wise"Ishu Patel" ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'', November 6, 2011. Accolades The film was an Academy Award nominee for Best Animated Short Film at the 57th Academy Awards in 1985, and a Genie Award nominee for Best Animated Short Film at the 7th Genie Awards in 1986.Jay Scott, "Joshua, American Cousin lead pack in Genie pursuit". ''The Globe and Mail'', February 14, 1986. It was also the winner of the Silver Bear for Best Short Film at the 1985 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ishu Patel
Ishu Patel is an animation film director/producer and educator. During his twenty-five years at the National Film Board of Canada he developed animation techniques and styles to support his themes and vision. Since then he has produced animated spots for television and has been teaching internationally. Background and Studies Ishu Patel was born on April 20, 1942 in the State of Gujarat, India. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from M.S.University of Baroda, Gujarat, following which he was accepted into the first cohort of faculty trainees hired at the newly formed National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, Gujarat. This was an exceptional design school created by the Government of India under the auspices of Mrs. Gandhi and the influential industrialist family of Gautam and Gira Sarabhai. The school was based upon the recommendations and philosophy of the American industrial designers Ray and Charles Eames, as found in The India Report. Through a Ford Foundation Grant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7th Genie Awards ...
The 7th Genie Awards were held March 20, 1986, at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre to honour achievements in Canadian film in 1985. The ceremony was co-hosted by Leslie Nielsen and Catherine Mary Stewart."Genie hosts announced". ''Toronto Star'', March 3, 1986. Nominees and winners References {{Canadian Screen Awards 07 Genie Genie Jinn ( ar, , ') – also romanized as djinn or anglicized as genies (with the broader meaning of spirit or demon, depending on sources) – are invisible creatures in early pre-Islamic Arabian religious systems and later in Islamic mytho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Ishu Patel
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Film Board Of Canada Animated Short Films
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Canadian Animated Short Films
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1984 Short Films
Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). * January 10 ** The United States and the Vatican (Holy See) restore full diplomatic relations. ** The Victoria Agreement is signed, institutionalising the Indian Ocean Commission. *January 24 – Steve Jobs launches the Macintosh personal computer in the United States. February * February 3 ** Dr. John Buster and the research team at Harbor–UCLA Medical Center announce history's first embryo transfer from one woman to another, resulting in a live birth. ** STS-41-B: Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' is launched on the 10th Space Shuttle mission. * February 7 – Astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered space walk. * February 8– 19 – The 1984 Winter Olympics are held in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 Animated Films
Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). * January 10 ** The United States and the Vatican City, Vatican (Holy See) restore full diplomatic relations. ** The Victoria, Seychelles, Victoria Agreement is signed, institutionalising the Indian Ocean Commission. *January 24 – Steve Jobs launches the Macintosh 128K, Macintosh personal computer in the United States. February * February 3 ** Dr. John Buster and the research team at Harbor–UCLA Medical Center announce history's first embryo transfer from one woman to another, resulting in a live birth. ** STS-41-B: Space Shuttle Challenger, Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' is launched on the 10th Space Shuttle mission. * February 7 – Astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered spac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 Films
The following is an overview of events in 1984 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. The year's highest-grossing film in the United States and Canada was ''Beverly Hills Cop''. ''Ghostbusters'' overtook it, however, with a re-release the following year. It was the first time in five years that the top-grossing film did not involve George Lucas or Steven Spielberg although Spielberg directed and Lucas executive produced/co-wrote the third placed '' Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'' (the highest-grossing film worldwide that year); Spielberg also executive produced the fourth placed ''Gremlins''. U.S. box office grosses reached $4 billion for the first time and it was the first year that two films had returned over $100 million to their distributors with both ''Ghostbusters'' and ''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'' achieving this. ''Beverly Hills Cop'' made it three for films released i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annecy International Animation Film Festival
The Annecy International Animation Film Festival (french: Festival international du film d'animation d'Annecy, officially abbreviated in English as the Annecy Festival, or simply Annecy) was created in 1960 and takes place at the beginning of June in the town of Annecy, France. Initially occurring every two years, the festival became an annual event in 1998. It is one of the four international animated film festivals sponsored by the International Animated Film Association (french: Association internationale du film d'animation, or ASIFA). The festival is a competition between Animation, animated films of various techniques (traditional animation, traditional, cutout animation, cut-outs, clay animation, claymation, computer-generated imagery, 3DCG, etc.) classified in various categories: * Feature films * Short films * Films produced for television and advertising * Student films * Films made for the internet (since 2002) * Feature films contrechamp in competition (since 2007) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 Berlin Film Festival
The 35th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 15 to 26 February 1985. The Golden Bear was awarded to East German film '' Die Frau und der Fremde'' directed by Rainer Simon and British film '' Wetherby'' directed by David Hare. The retrospective was dedicated to ''Special effects''. Jury The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival: * Jean Marais, actor (France) - Jury President * Max von Sydow, actor (Sweden) * Alberto Sordi, actor, screenwriter and director (Italy) * Regimantas Adomaitis, actor (Soviet Union) * Sheila Benson, journalist and film critic (United States) * Wolfgang Kohlhaase, writer (East Germany) * Onat Kutlar, poet, essayist and screenwriter (Turkey) * Luis Megino, writer and producer (Spain) * Ingrid Scheib-Rothbart, head of the Goethe-Institut of New York (West Germany) * , producer (West Germany) * István Szabó, director and screenwriter (Hungary) Films in competition The following films were in co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silver Bear For Best Short Film
The Silver Bear for Best Short Film is the second place in the short film competition at the Berlin International Film Festival. Awards External links Berlinale website {{Berlin International Film Festival Berlin International Film Festival, Silver Bear Short Film Short film awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Scott
Jeffrey Scott Beaven (October 4, 1949 – July 30, 1993), known professionally by his pen name Jay Scott, was a Canadian film critic."Critic Jay Scott, 43 among world's best". ''Toronto Star'', July 31, 1993. Early life Scott was born in Lincoln, Nebraska and was raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico as a Seventh-Day Adventist, whose doctrine virtually prohibited movies. Scott studied art history at New College of Florida in Sarasota."Globe's Jay Scott dies suddenly at 43: A rare film critic respected by all". ''The Globe and Mail'', July 31, 1993. Career Moving to Canada in 1969 as a draft evader, he settled in Calgary and began writing film reviews for the ''Calgary Albertan'' a few years later. He won a National Newspaper Award in 1975, and moved to Toronto when he was hired by ''The Globe and Mail'' in 1977. With the ''Globe and Mail'', Scott became Canada's most influential film critic, winning two more National Newspaper Awards for his writing, and is still widely remembered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
