Flawed
Foreign title: Imparfaite (French)
- Studio
- National Film Board of Canada
- Distributor
- National Film Board of Canada
Synopsis
Flawed is nothing less than a beautiful gift from Andrea Dorfman's vivid imagination, a charming little film about very big ideas. Dorfman has the uncanny ability to transform the intensely personal into the wisely universal. In Flawed, she deftly traces her encounter with a potential romantic partner, questioning her attraction and the uneasy possibility of love. But, ultimately, Flawed is less about whether girl can get along with boy than whether girl can accept herself, imperfections and all.
In many ways, Flawed is both an exquisite tribute to the art of animation and a loving homage to storyboarding, a time-honored way of rendering scenes while pointing the way to the dramatic arc of the tale. Here, Dorfman lets her colorful storyboards shape up into the very content of the film. The resulting effect is pure and fresh, as if we were watching the birth not only of love, but of the film itself.
In many ways, Flawed is both an exquisite tribute to the art of animation and a loving homage to storyboarding, a time-honored way of rendering scenes while pointing the way to the dramatic arc of the tale. Here, Dorfman lets her colorful storyboards shape up into the very content of the film. The resulting effect is pure and fresh, as if we were watching the birth not only of love, but of the film itself.
Characters
Girl, Boy
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Andrea Dorfman
Producing
- Producer
- Annette Clarke
- Executive Producer
- Kent Martin
Writing
- Writer
- Andrea Dorfman
- Translation
- Lyly Fortin
Animation
- Animator
- Andrea Dorfman
Voices
- Voice
- Andrea Dorfman (Narrator)
Music
- Music
- Dorval (Music Theme)
- Music Theme -- Writer
- Julia Kent
- Additional Music
- Judith Gruber-Stitzer
- Sound Design
- Judith Gruber-Stitzer
Editing
- Editor
- Françoise Laprise (Online Editor)
Crew
- Foley
- The Perlgrubs
- Digital Image Supervision
- Susan Gourley
- Digital Image Consultants
- Chris Darlington, Sam DeCoste, Charles Jannasch
- Sound Mixer
- Serge Boivin
- Technical Coordinator
- Steve Hallé
- Production Supervisor
- Candice Desormeaux
- Production Coordination
- Vanessa Larsen, Stephanie Coolen
- Marketing Manager
- Amy Stewart Gallant
- Centre Administrator
- John William Lutz
Production notes
Release date is that of screening at the International Festival of Short Films in Palm Springs, California.
Awards
Jury Special Citation, International Festival of Short Films, Palm Springs, California, 2010.
Audience Choice -- Program A, New York City Short Film Festival, 2010.
Honourable Mention (Youth Jury Ages 13 and Up), Reel to Real International Film Festival for Youth and Families, Vancouver, 2011
Audience Choice -- Program A, New York City Short Film Festival, 2010.
Honourable Mention (Youth Jury Ages 13 and Up), Reel to Real International Film Festival for Youth and Families, Vancouver, 2011