The Necktie

2008 short film

2008 (2008)

CountryCanadaLanguageFrench

The Necktie (French: Le noeud cravate) is a 2008 animated short by Jean-François Lévesque about a man with a dreary job who rediscovers his old accordion at age 40, and with it, his joy for life.^[1]

The film uses a variety of animation techniques. The central character is a puppet filmed in stop-motion, inside miniature sets. His co-workers are animated with traditional animation drawings on paper, digitally integrated into shots but designed to give the appearance of being 2D cardboard cutouts.^[1] The Necktie was produced in Montreal by the National Film Board of Canada.

The film garnered the Jutra Award for Best Animated Short Film,^[2] the Fabrizio Bellochio Prize for Social Content at the I Castelli Animati Festival, the youth jury prize for best animated short at the Festival de cinéma des 3 Amériques as well as the Best Short Film Award and the Audience Prize for Best Canadian Short Film at the Montreal World Film Festival.^[3]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Farago, Andrew (December 30, 2008). "Fresh from the Festivals: December 2008's Reviews". Animation World Network. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
^ "Jutra 2009: les gagnants". Voir, March 29, 2009.
^ Martin, Thérèse (2009-07-27). "Jean-François Lévesque gagne son "Jutra"!". L’Avantage (in French). Rimouski, Quebec. Archived from the original on 2013-01-01. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
^ Bertiaux, Michael (2 April 2009). "Le noeud cravate, de Jean-François Lévesque (2008, Canada, 12 min.)". Le Lien MULTIMÉDIA (in French). Montreal. Retrieved 6 March 2011.