''The Necktie'' (french: Le noeud cravate) is a 2008

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Jean-François Lévesque Jean-François Lévesque is a Canadian animator from Quebec. He is most noted for his 2008 short film '' The Necktie (Le noeud cravate)'', which won the Prix Jutra for Best Animated Short Film at the 11th Jutra Awards in 2009, and his 2020 short ...

about a man with a dreary job who rediscovers his old

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at age 40, and with it, his joy for life. The film uses a variety of animation techniques. The central character is a

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filmed in

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, inside miniature sets. His co-workers are animated with traditional animation drawings on paper, digitally integrated into shots but designed to give the appearance of being 2D cardboard cutouts. ''The Necktie'' was produced in Montreal by the National Film Board of Canada. The film garnered the Jutra Award for Best Animated Short Film,"Jutra 2009: les gagnants"
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'', March 29, 2009. the Fabrizio Bellochio Prize for Social Content at the I Castelli Animati Festival, the youth jury prize for best animated short at the Festival de cinéma des 3 Amériques as well as the Best Short Film Award and the Audience Prize for Best Canadian Short Film at the Montreal World Film Festival.

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External links

Watch ''The Necktie'' at NFB.caThe Necktie'': an interview with Jean-François Lévesque
2008 films Animated films without speech Stop-motion animated short films Quebec films National Film Board of Canada animated short films 2008 animated short films 2000s Canadian animated films Best Animated Short Film Jutra and Iris Award winners {{2000s-Canada-film-stub