''Jeu'' is a 2006
animated short
Animation is a method by which still figures are manipulated to appear as moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Today, most anima ...
by
Georges Schwizgebel. Described as a film about the frenetic pace of modern life, ''Jeu'' is set to the
scherzo of
Prokofiev's
Concerto for Piano No. 2, Opus 16.
The film has received 12 international awards, including the Silver Dove Award from the international jury for animated film at the
, the award for best experimental/abstract animation under 35 minutes at the
Ottawa International Animation Festival, and a Special International Jury Prize at the
Hiroshima International Animation Festival
The International Animation Festival Hiroshima is a biennial animation festival hosted in Hiroshima, Japan. The festival was founded in 1985 by ''Association International du Film d'Animation'' or ''ASIFA'' as ''International Animation Festival f ...
. ''Jeu'' is co-produced by the
National Film Board of Canada
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and
Studio GDS
A studio is an artist or worker's workroom. This can be for the purpose of acting, architecture, painting, pottery (ceramics), sculpture, origami, woodworking, scrapbooking, photography, graphic design, filmmaking, animation, industrial design, ...
.
References
External links
Watch ''Jeu'' at NFB.ca
Abstract animation
Canadian avant-garde and experimental short films
2006 films
National Film Board of Canada animated short films
Swiss animated short films
Animated films without speech
2000s animated short films
2006 animated films
2000s avant-garde and experimental films
2000s Canadian films
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