''Dream Flight'' (''Vol De Rêve'') is a 3-D computer-animated short fiction film completely produced by computer. The film was created in 1982 at the University of Montreal and was directed by Philippe Bergeron, Nadia Magnenat Thalmann and

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Plot

It is the story of a creature living on another planet and dreaming that he flies across space like a bird and arrives on Earth. Typical scenes are set in Paris and New York. Others show natural scenes such as ocean, trees, and birds.

Production

The film was programmed using the MIRA graphical language, an extension of the

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based on Abstract Graphical Data Types.

Awards

The film was shown at the

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'82 Art Show and the SIGGRAPH ’83 Electronic Theater and received several awards including: * First Award, Computer Graphics, Online, 1982 * Golden Sheaf Award,

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, Canada, 1983 * Special Award, Murcia Film-Festival,Murcia Film-Festival
/ref> Spain, 1984 * Chris Award, 32nd Annual Columbus International Film Festival (Ohio, USA), 1984 * Special Award,

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, Chicago, 1985 * Raster Technologies award 1986

References

External links

Dream Flight
* 1982 films 1980s American animated films 1982 computer-animated films American animated short films 1982 3D films 1982 short films 1980s animated short films Alien visitations in films Films about dreams Animated films set in Paris Animated films set in New York (state) {{short-animation-film-stub