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The Hat (film)
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'The Hat' is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Michle Cournoyer and released in 1999.Mark Peranson, "Is there still a here, here?". 'The Globe and Mail', September 8, 2000. Told entirely without dialogue, the film centres on an exotic dancer's flashbacks to childhood memories of sexual abuse.Chris Robinson, "Where memories breathe darkness: underneath Le Chapeau of Michele Cournoyer". 'Take One', Vol. 10, Iss. 33 (July 2001). pp. 18-20.
The film was screened in the International Critics' Week section of the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.Peter Robb, [https://ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/local-arts/black-and-white-all-over-animator-michele-cournoyer-gets-her-due "Black and white all over: animator Michle Cournoyer gets her due"]. 'Ottawa Citizen', September 10, 2015. It was also screened at the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival, where it was named the winner of the award for Best Canadian Short Film."Asian and Alberta filmmakers big winners at Toronto film festival awards". Canadian Press, September 17, 2000.
It subsequently won the Jutra Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 3rd Jutra Awards in 2001,John Griffin, "Maelstrom hooks 8 more: Denis Villeneuve's fish fable takes best picture, actress, director". 'Montreal Gazette', February 26, 2001. and was later named as one of the 100 best animated films of all time in a critics' survey by 'Variety'.
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