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Dust Bowl Ha! Ha!
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Wikipedia article
'Dust Bowl Ha! Ha!' is a Canadian short film, directed by Sbastien Pilote and released in 2007.Pierre Barrette, "Portrait du capitalisme ordinaire". '24 images', Issue 154 (OctoberNovember 2011). p. 31. The film stars Andr Bouchard as a man in the SaguenayLac-Saint-Jean region who has just lost his job after the closure of his employer, as he goes about his first day without the stable and predictable structure of a normal work day.Anabelle Nicoud, [https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/nouvelles/201207/17/01-4555920-portrait-sebastien-pilote.php "Portrait: Sbastien Pilote"]. 'La Presse', August 5, 2007.
The cast also includes Grald Pilote and Jean Wauthier.
The film premiered at the 2007 Locarno Film Festival, and had its Canadian premiere at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival.
The film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's year-end Canada's Top Ten list for short films in 2007.Chris Knight, "TIFF goes peddling its celluloid bundle; Canadian Cinema; Top 10 includes Cronenberg, Maddin, Arcand". 'National Post', December 12, 2007. It won the awards for best short film at the 2007 Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Barcelona,[https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/158545/en-bref-dust-bowl-ha-ha-honore-a-barcelone "En bref - Dust Bowl Ha! Ha! honor Barcelone"]. 'Le Devoir', September 28, 2007. the 2007 Festival du nouveau cinma,John Griffin, "Success feels 'super bien'". 'Montreal Gazette', October 21, 2007. and the 2008 Rendez-vous du cinma qubcois,Brendan Kelly, "Attendance up, so is winner; Rendez-Vous du cinema Quebecois. Up the Yangtze adds another prize to its cache". 'Montreal Gazette', February 25, 2008. and was a Jutra Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Film at the 10th Jutra Awards in 2008.[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/television/jutra2008/finalistes2008.asp "La 10e soire des Jutra"]. Ici Radio-Canada, March 9, 2008.
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