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La Maison en Petits Cubes
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Wikipedia article
is a 2008 Japanese animated short subject film created by Kunio Kat, with music by Kenji Kondo and produced by Robot Communications and animated by Oh! Production.
It won several prizes, including The Annecy Cristal at the 32nd Annecy International Animated Film Festival and the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 81st Academy Awards. It was also included in the Animation Show of Shows in 2008.
Plot
As his town is flooded by water, an aged widower is forced to add additional levels on to his home in order to stay dry. But when he accidentally drops his favourite smoking pipe into the lower submerged levels of his home, his search for the pipe eventually makes him relive scenes from his eventful life (including his time before the flooding began).
Accolades
'La Maison en Petits Cubes' has won the following awards:
*2008 Hiroshima International Animation Festival
** Hiroshima Prize
** Hiroshima Prize
*2008 Japan Media Arts Festival
** Grand Prize Animation Division
*2008 Annecy International Animated Film Festival
** Junior Jury Award
** The Annecy Cristal
*2009 Academy Awards
** Best Animated Short Film
*2008 Message to Man
** Best Animated Film
*2008 Anima Mundi
** Best Script Jury Award
*2008 LA Shorts Fest
** Best Animation
References
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