Islet
Foreign title: Îlot (French)
- Studio
- National Film Board of Canada, Glacialis Productions Inc.
- Distributor
- National Film Board of Canada
Synopsis
An ode to the Arctic and its inhabitants. Combining figurative abstraction with magic realism, this film depicts a world in which whales fall out of the sky and fish turn into balloons. With bold lines reminiscent of the stark simplicity of Inuit art, this ode to the Arctic and its inhabitants is a reminder of the interconnectedness of all things. We are all affected by the fate of the Arctic, which, each year, is disappearing a little farther into the ocean.
Characters
Inuit Fisherman, Flying Fish, Whales
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Nicolas Brault
Producing
- Producer
- Michèle Bélanger
- Executive Producer
- Marcel Jean
- Associate Producer
- Jean Lemire
- Line Producer
- Francine Langdeau
Writing
- Writer
- Nicolas Brault
Animation
- Animator
- Nicolas Brault
Music
- Music
- Guy Pelletier
Editing
- Editor
- José Heppell
Crew
- Sound Editor
- Olivier Calvert
- Digital Imaging Specialists
- Pierre Plouffe, Sue Gourley
- Computer Graphics
- Jihane Geadah
- Digital Transfer
- Jean-Marc Brosseau
- Foley
- Lise Wedlock
- Foley Assistant
- Geneviève Lapointe
- Recording
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- Re-Recording
- Serge Boivin, Jean Paul Vialard, Shelley Craig
- Laboratory
- TECHNICOLOR
- Thanks To
- Greg Duffel, Michèle Cournoyer, Ines Hardtke, Claude Cloutier
- Marketing Officer
- Julie Roy
- Administrative Team
- Marie-Gabrielle Forget, Michèle Labelle, Diane Martindale
- Administration
- Diane Regimbald
- Technical Coordination
- Andrée Delagrave
Production notes
In 2002, director Nicolas Brault joined the crew of SEDNA IV on their Arctic mission, which inspired this film, a celebration of Inuit culture. Brault worked on a computer graphic tablet to create the film while aboard ship.
Awards
Nominee, Genie, Best Animated Short, Mich?e B?anger and Nicolas Brault, 2003.
Nominee, First Prize (Short Films), Nicolas Brault, Montr?l World Film Festival, 2003.
2nd FEDEX Award for the most popular short film, Montreal World Film Festival, 2003.
Nominee, Jutra Award, Best Animated Film, 2004.
Award, Animation, International Digital Festival (VIDFEST), Vancouver, 2004
Nominee, First Prize (Short Films), Nicolas Brault, Montr?l World Film Festival, 2003.
2nd FEDEX Award for the most popular short film, Montreal World Film Festival, 2003.
Nominee, Jutra Award, Best Animated Film, 2004.
Award, Animation, International Digital Festival (VIDFEST), Vancouver, 2004