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The Studio

1989 (estimated) Theatrical National Film Board of Canada

Foreign title: l'Atelier (French)

Studio
National Film Board of Canada
Distributor
National Film Board of Canada

Synopsis

In the calm light of a studio, a man relaxes, a woman draws. They are two strangers for whom the process of creation awakens intimacy that touches their very being. For the artist, it is the need to go beyond appearances; for the model, it is the refusal to look at the self. From scene to scene, the film progresses, transforms, reconstructs the human interior landscape. A dramatic confrontation ensues.

Characters

Artist, Model

Credits

Directing

Director
Suzanne Gervais

Producing

Producer
Yves Leduc
Executive Producer
Robert Forget

Writing

Writer
Hélène Ouvrard

Animation

Animator
Suzanne Gervais

Voices

Voice
Kathleen Fee (Artist), Michael Rudder (Model)

Editing

Editor
Monique Fortier
Sound Editing
Christian Marcotte

Awards

Golden Sheaf Award, Best Overall Sound, Louis Hone, Christian Marcotte and Claude Beaugrand, Golden Sheaf Awards/Short Film and Video Festival, Yorkton, Saskatchewan, 1989