The Trenches

The Trenches (French: La Tranchée) is a Canadian animated short film, written, directed and animated by Claude Cloutier for the National Film Board of Canada.[1] The film is a portrait of soldiers fighting in the trenches during World War I.[1]

The Trenches
FrenchLa Tranchée
Directed byClaude Cloutier
Written byClaude Cloutier
Produced byMarc Bertrand
Edited byJosé Heppell
Animation byClaude Cloutier
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company
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Running time
6 minutes
CountryCanada

The film premiered in June 2010 at Animafest Zagreb,[1] and had its Canadian premiere at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival.[2]

The film was a Genie Award nominee for Best Animated Short Film at the 31st Genie Awards in 2011.[3]

References

  1. Bill Brownstein, "Animator takes a black-and-white approach to war in The Trenches". Montreal Gazette, October 15, 2010.
  2. Jason Anderson, "Burton Cummings attacked!: . . . and other inspired TIFF shorts". Toronto Star, September 2, 2010.
  3. Chris Arrant, "'Lipsett Diaries' Wins Best Animated Short at Canada’s Genie Awards. Cartoon Brew, March 14, 2011.


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