Mindscape (1976 film)
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{{Infobox film
| name = Mindscape
| native_name = {{infobox name module|fr|Le Paysagiste}}
| director = Jacques Drouin
| writer = Jacques Drouin
| producer = Gaston Sarault
| music = Denis Larochelle
| editing = Jacques Drouin
| studio = National Film Board of Canada
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1976}}
| runtime = 7 minutes, 31 seconds
| country = Canada
| language = English, French
| budget = $38,740
}}
Mindscape ({{langx|fr|Le Paysagiste}}) is a 1976 pinscreen animation short film by Jacques Drouin, produced by the National Film Board of Canada.{{cite web |title=Mindscape |url=https://www.nfb.ca/film/mindscape/ |website=nfb.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=8 March 2023}}{{cite book|last=Furniss|first=Maureen|title=Art in Motion: Animation Aesthetics|date=December 1998|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-1-86462-039-9|pages=54–57|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aQ4mrirF5nkC&q=mindscape+drouin&pg=PA55|authorlink=Maureen Furniss|access-date=17 February 2012}}
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.{{cite web |title=Mindscape / Le paysagiste |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=12506 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=8 March 2023}}
A film without dialogue, Mindscape shows an artist stepping inside his painting and wandering through a symbolically rich landscape.{{cite web|title=Mindscape/Le paysagiste|url=http://www.onf-nfb.gc.ca/eng/collection/film/?id=12506|work=Collection|publisher=National Film Board of Canada|access-date=17 February 2012}} The film had a budget of $38,740 ({{Inflation|CA|38,740|1976|fmt=eq}}).{{sfn|Evans|1991|p=241}}
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{{cite web |title=Past Winngers, 1977 |url=https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/5f2a82b7-1500-4a99-ba2c-db60588ba5ab/downloads/1977.pdf?ver=1677792975581 |website=yorktonfilm.com |publisher=Yorkton Film Festival |access-date=8 March 2023}}
- 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{{cite book|last=Lenburg|first=Jeff|title=Who's Who in Animated Cartoons|publisher=Applause Books|isbn=978-1-55783-671-7|pages=71–72|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FVShFCjVzvIC&q=paysagiste+Drouin&pg=PA72|access-date=17 February 2012|date=1 June 2006}}{{cite news|title=The non-Disney touch|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OwwjSEJSMHQC&q=mindscape+drouin&pg=PA383|access-date=17 February 2012|newspaper=Maclean's|date=6 September 1976|page=70|isbn = 9780802029881|format=listed in Canadian Film and Video: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature|last1 = Lerner|first1 = Loren R.}}
References
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Works cited
- {{cite book|last=Evans |first=Gary |title=In the National Interest: A Chronicle of the National Film Board of Canada from 1949 to 1989 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |date=1991 |url=https://archive.org/details/innationalintere0000evan |isbn=0802027849}}
External links
- {{NFB film|Mindscape}}
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Category:National Film Board of Canada animated short films
Category:Animated films without speech
Category:1976 animated short films
Category:1970s Canadian animated films
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