Mindscape (French: Le Paysagiste) is a 1976 pinscreen animation short film by Jacques Drouin, produced by the National Film Board of Canada.[1][2]
| Mindscape | |
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| French | Le Paysagiste |
| Directed by | Jacques Drouin |
| Written by | Jacques Drouin |
| Produced by | Gaston Sarault |
| Edited by | Jacques Drouin |
| Music by | Denis Larochelle |
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Running time | 7 minutes, 31 seconds |
| Country | Canada |
| Languages | English, French |
| Budget | $38,740 |
It was Drouin's second pinscreen work, after his 1974 work Trois exercices sur l'écran d'épingles d'Alexeieff, and received tremendous international recognition.[3]
A film without dialogue, Mindscape shows an artist stepping inside his painting and wandering through a symbolically rich landscape.[4] The film had a budget of $38,740 (equivalent to $195,693 in 2023).[5]
Awards
- Ottawa International Animation Festival, Ottawa: Special Jury Award, 1976
- CINANIMA International Animated Film Festival, Espinho, Portugal - Silver Dolphin for the Best Film 3–11 minutes (tie), 1977
- Chicago International Film Festival, Chicago: Bronze Hugo, 1977
- Columbus International Film & Animation Festival, Columbus, Ohio: Chris Bronze Plaque, 1977
- Linz International Short Film Festival, Linz: Special Award for Best Musical Adaptation for a Film, 1977
- Yorkton Film Festival, Yorkton: Golden Sheaf Award for Best Animated Film, 1977[6]
- Golden Gate International Film Festival, San Francisco: Diploma for Outstanding Achievement, 1977
- International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Oberhausen: Diploma of Honour by the International Jury, 1977
- HEMISFILM, San Antonio, TX: Bronze Medal, 1977
- Virgin Islands International Animated Film Festival, St. Thomas: Silver Venus for Best Short Film, 1977
- Long Island Film Festival, Long Island: Golden Image Award, First Prize, 1977
- American Film and Video Festival, New York: Red Ribbon, Visual Essays, 1978
- Baltimore Film Festival, Baltimore: First Prize, Best Film of the Festival, 1978
- Baltimore Film Festival, Baltimore: First Prize, Animation, 1978
- Southwest Film Festival, Tulsa: First Prize, Professional, 1978
- Kenyon Film Festival, Gambier, Ohio: First Jury Prize, 1978
- Athens Short Film Festival, Athens, Georgia: Award of Merit, 1978[7][8]
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External links
- Watch Mindscape on the NFB website