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This film paints a vivid portrait of two strangers intimately linked by the shared ceilings, floors and plumbing of their apartments. When an unexpected and pressing problem arises, however, these comfortable connections are compromised. Produced using a painstaking animation process that involves painting on glass and stop-action filming, Strings is a film as beautiful as it is haunting. Film without words.

1991, 10 min 19 s

Cordes/Strings

Animation Festival

Best of the Best: Romantic Tales and Other Whimsical Relationships

Neighbours and Other Strangers

Neurotica, Middle-age Spread and Other Life Crises

Honorable Mention
Humboldt International Film Festival
March 25 to 28 1993, Arcata - USA

Genie Award for Best Animated Short
Genie Awards
November 22 1992, Toronto - Canada

First Prize - 10 to 40 minutes Films Category: C (ex aequo with The Dream of a Ridiculous Man)
International Animated Film Festival / CINANIMA
November 10 to 15 1992, Espinho - Portugal

Gold Medal - with a cash prize of 50$US
Expo of Short Film and Video
November 6 to 7 1992, New York - USA

Bronze Plaque Award - Category: Arts and Culture - animation
International Film and Video Festival
October 20 to 22 1992, Columbus - USA

SOFTIMAGE Prize - Best Canadian Film Award for Best Use of Music and/or Sound
International Animation Festival
September 30 to October 4 1992, Ottawa - Canada

First Place - Category: F (Longer than 5 minutes but within 15 minutes)
International Animation Festival
August 20 1992 to August 24 1902, Hiroshima - Japan

First Prize - Category: Animation - with a cash prize of 300$US(tied with Choreography for a Copy Machine)
Annual College and Independent Film and Video Festival
May 30 1992, Cincinnatti - USA

Blue Ribbon Award - Category: Animation
Itinerant - American Film and Video Festival
May 28 to 31 1992, Chicago - USA

Gold Apple Award - Category: Cultural / Sexual Identity
National Educational Media Network Competition
May 20 to 25 1992, Oakland - USA

Honorable Mention
Atlantic Film Festival
September 24 to 29 1991, Halifax - Canada

Press Prize awarded by the journalists present in Annecy
International Animated Film Festival
June 1 to 6 1991, Annecy - France