''The Trenches'' (french: La Tranchée) is a Canadian animated short film, written, directed and animated by

Claude Cloutier Claude Cloutier is a Canadian film animator and illustrator based in Quebec. Cloutier to date has made seven short films with the National Film Board of Canada. Cloutier began his animation career with the 1988 short ''The Persistent Peddler (Le ...

for the

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.Bill Brownstein, "Animator takes a black-and-white approach to war in The Trenches". ''

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'', October 15, 2010. The film is a portrait of soldiers fighting in the trenches during

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. The film premiered in June 2010 at

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, and had its Canadian premiere at the

2010 Toronto International Film Festival The 35th annual Toronto International Film Festival, (TIFF) was held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 9 and September 19, 2010. The opening night gala presented '' Score: A Hockey Musical'', a Canadian comedy-drama musical film. '' La ...

. The film was a Genie Award nominee for

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at the 31st Genie Awards in 2011.Chris Arrant
"'Lipsett Diaries' Wins Best Animated Short at Canada’s Genie Awards
''

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'', March 14, 2011.

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* 2010 films 2010 animated films 2010 short films Canadian animated short films National Film Board of Canada animated short films Films directed by Claude Cloutier Canadian World War I films 2010s Canadian films {{2010s-Canada-film-stub