La Salla

The classic tale of temptation is revealed to us in the unique form of a comic opera. We are taken into the world of a character who does as he pleases, mindless of the consequences. In a room full of wind-up toys, he sets a chain of events into motion that ends up disturbing both his own, and the viewer's, sense of reality. Sitting alone in a playroom, our hero is intermittently disturbed by a spectral visitor who holds an apple out to him. When temptation gets the better of him, he is left to suffer the consequences.

Richard Condie's first computer-animated film.

Premiered at the Toronto Film Festival.

Academy Award Nominee, Best Short Film (Animated), 1997.
NFB Award for Best Animation Film, Vancouver International Film Festival, 1996.
Best of International Animation, International Film Festival, Jerusalem, 1998.
Jury Award, Animation Program, Expo of Short Film and Video, New York, 1997.
Best Animation Film Award, with a cash prize of $500, Independent Film Festival, Nashville, Tennessee, 1997.
Bronze Plaque Award, Columbus International Film and Video Festival, 1997.
Honorable Mention, Animated film and video by the Adult Jury, International Children's Film Festival, Chicago, 1997.
Honorable Mention, Central Florida Film and Video Festival, Orlando, 1997