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When the Day Breaks
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Wikipedia article
'When the Day Breaks' is a Canadian animated short co-directed by Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis[https://www.cartoonbrew.com/the-animation-that-changed-me/the-animation-that-changed-me-jeremy-clapin-on-when-the-day-breaks-195762.html The Animation That Changed Me: Jrmy Clapin on When The Day Breaks|Cartoon Brew] and featuring the voice of Canadian singer-songwriter Martha Wainwright singing the titular song.
Summary
After witnessing an accidental death of a stranger, a humanoid pig seeks comfort from her everyday life in the city.[https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2016/01/13/when-the-day-breaks/ Short of the Week]
Accolades
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada in 1999, the 9 min. 40 sec. film garnered numerous awards, including the Genie Award for Best Animated Short, the Short Film Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, TIFF Best Canadian Short, the Annecy International Animation Film Festival Animated Short, Grand Prix for short film at Animafest Zagreb and the Banff Television Festival, Best Animation Program. It was also included in the Animation Show of Shows.[https://www.animationshowofshows.com/collections/films/products/when-the-day-breaks-by-wendy-tilby Animation Show of Shows][https://vimeo.com/83712907 When the Day Breaks, by Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis (Preview) on Vimeo]
It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, losing to another animated short produced in Montreal: Aleksandr Petrov's 'Old Man and the Sea'.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LsGJvg3hfU Animated Short Winner: 2000 Oscars][https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2000 2000|Oscars.org]
Technique
To create the film, directors used pencil and paint on photocopies to achieve a textured look suggestive of a lithograph or a flickering newsreel.
References
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