Kaspar (film)

{{short description|2012 Canadian short film directed by Diane Obomsawin}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Kaspar

| image =

| caption = Film poster

| director = Diane Obomsawin

| producer = Marc Bertrand

| writer = Diane Obomsawin
Kathleen Fee

| starring = Mathew Mackay
Gabriel Lessard

| music = Judith Gruber-Stitzer

| animator = Diane Obomsawin

| editing = Augustin Rioux

| studio = National Film Board of Canada

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|2012|3|15|IFFA}}

| runtime = 13 minutes

| country = Canada

| language = English
French

}}

Kaspar is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Diane Obomsawin and released in 2012.Alex Tigchelaar, [https://xtramagazine.com/culture/jaime-diane-obomsawin-58774 "J’aime Diane Obomsawin"]. Xtra Magazine, March 5, 2014. Adapted from her own short comic of the same name,Candida Rifkind, "Comedy, catastrophe in lesbian stories". Winnipeg Free Press, March 1, 2014. the film recounts the story of Kaspar Hauser.

The film was released in both English and French versions, with Mathew Mackay narrating as Hauser in English, and Gabriel Lessard narrating in French. The voice cast also included Kathleen Fee, Arthur Holden, Marcel Jeannin and Pier Paquette as background voices.

The film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual Canada's Top Ten list for 2012,"Rebelle, Goon, Cosmopolis among Canada's Top Ten: Honoured film titles will be shown at Lightbox from Jan. 4 to 13". Toronto Star, December 5, 2012. and was a Jutra Award nominee for Best Animated Short Film at the 15th Jutra Awards in 2013.[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/598138/jutra-15e-nominations "Jutra : Laurence anyways et Rebelle en tête des nominations"]. Ici Radio-Canada, January 31, 2013.