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Bob's birthday ; Aria ; Girls night out ;
Title
Bob's birthday ; Aria ; Girls night out ; / Acme Filmworks presents.
ISBN
9781934823125
1934823120
9781934823156
1934823155
9781934823187
193482318X
Distribution
Hollywood, CA : Acme Filmworks, [2007]
Copyright Notice Date
©2007.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (29 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Title from disc label.
Compilation of short animated films originally produced 1986-2001.
Issued as part of a multi-box set.
"Box set 3"--Box set slipcase.
"18 award-winning animated short films ... A collection of the world's most entertaining animation"--Box set slipcase.
Bob's birthday: written, directed and produced by Alison Snowden and David Fine ; NFB producer, David Verrall ; a Snowden Fine animation for Channel 4, co-produced in association with the National Film Board of Canada ; music, Patrick Godfrey.
Aria: The National Film Board of Canada presents ; a film by Pjotr Sapegin ; director, Pjotr Sapegin ; producers, David Reiss-Andersen (Pravda), Marcel Jean (ONF/NFB) ; screenplay, Berit Reiss-Andersen ; music arrangements, Normand Roger, Denis Chartrand ; director of photography, Janne Hansen ; editor, Pål Gengenbach.
Girls night out: a film by Joanna Quinn ; script, Angela Hughes, Joanna Quinn ; based on an idea by Joanna Quinn, Les Mills
Bob's birthday: 67th Academy Awards (Best animated short film); Worldwide Short Film Festival (Best animation award)
Aria: Odense International Film Festival (Grand prix); Golden Sheaf Awards (Jury award)
Girls night out: Annecy International Animated Film Festival (Feature film); Cracow Film Festival (Silver dragon)
Summary
"Since 1998, The Animation Show of Shows has selected the best in animated short films from the world's most renowned animation festivals and presented them at the major animation studios to inspire their animators and directors. Now for the first time, the films featured in The Animation Show of Shows are available in this special DVD collection along with some of the most memorable animated short films of all time"--Container.
Bob's birthday: "A surprise 40th birthday party goes terribly wrong when the guest of honor launches into a rant about his boring friends--the very ones hiding in his living room"--Container.
Aria: "Inspired by Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly ... relates the eternal and hearbreaking tale of unrequited love"--Container.
Girls night out: "Depicts the boisterous fun that results when a group of Welsh working-class women visit a male strip-joint"--Container.
Variant and related titles
Title on container: David Fine & Alison Snowden's Academy Award winning Bob's birthday
At head of title: Animation show of shows. volume 16
Aria.
Girls night out.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 02, 2018
Series
Animation show of shows ; 16
Credits
Bob's birthday: written, directed and produced by Alison Snowden and David Fine ; NFB producer, David Verrall ; a Snowden Fine animation for Channel 4, co-produced in association with the National Film Board of Canada ; music, Patrick Godfrey.
Aria: The National Film Board of Canada presents ; a film by Pjotr Sapegin ; director, Pjotr Sapegin ; producers, David Reiss-Andersen (Pravda), Marcel Jean (ONF/NFB) ; screenplay, Berit Reiss-Andersen ; music arrangements, Normand Roger, Denis Chartrand ; director of photography, Janne Hansen ; editor, Pål Gengenbach.
Girls night out: a film by Joanna Quinn ; script, Angela Hughes, Joanna Quinn ; based on an idea by Joanna Quinn, Les Mills
Performers
Bob's birthday: voices, Andy Hamilton, Harry Enfield, Alison Snowden, Andrew Maclachlan, Tessa Wojtczak, Sally Grace.
Girls night out: voices, Myfanwy Talog, Gillian Elisa Thomas, Catrin llwyd, Siwan Jones, Stephen Lyons
Audience
Not rated.
Contents
Bob's birthday / directed by David Fine, Alison Snowden (1993, 12 min.)
Aria / directed by PjotrSapegin (2001, 11 min.)
Girls night out / directed by Joanna Quinn (1986, 6 min.).
Subjects
Genre/Form
Animated films.
Short films.
Fiction films.
Animated films.
Drama.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Short films.
Also listed under
Channel Four Films (Firm), production company.
National Film Board of Canada, presenter, production company.
Pravda AS, production company.
Acme Filmworks, compiler, distributor.
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