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'', September 6, 2017. The film centres on a group of washed-up former breakfast cereal mascots, who are forced to reevaluate their definition of success when they unexpectedly encounter their

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former friend and colleague Captain Kale. The voice cast includes

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, Cole Howard, April Cameron, David C. Jones, Stephanie Halber, Robert Heimbecker and Toren Atkinson. The film was funded in part by a $10,000 prize from

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's Storyhive contest for emerging filmmakers,"BC creators win top STORYHIVE prize to make labours of love a reality"

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, July 3, 2017. and was inspired by a news report suggesting that Kellogg's was considering expanding into

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due to declining sales of its breakfast cereal lines. The film premiered at the Montreal Stop Motion Festival in 2017, and was later screened at the Vancouver Short Film Festival in 2018,"‘Soggy Flakes’ Makes West Coast Debut at Vancouver Short Fest"
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'', January 25, 2018. but was distributed primarily through Storyhive's

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channel. The film received three

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nominations at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards, for Best Web Program or Series, Fiction, Best Direction in a Web Program or Series (the Affolters) and Best Actor in a Web Program or Series (New)."Canadian Screen Awards 2018: Anne has leading 13 nominations"

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, January 16, 2018.

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