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When the Day Breaks

When the Day Breaks is a Canadian animated short co-directed by Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis[1][2] and featuring the voice of Canadian singer-songwriter Martha Wainwright singing the titular song.

When the Day Breaks
Directed byWendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis
Produced byDavid Verrall & Barrie Angus McLean
Music byJudith Gruber-Stitzwer
Distributed byNational Film Board of Canada
Release date
  • September 5, 1999 (1999-09-05)
Running time
9 min.
CountryCanada

Summary

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After witnessing an accidental death of a humanoid rooster, Ruby, a humanoid pig, seeks comfort from her everyday life in the city.[3]

Technique

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To create the film, directors used pencil and paint on photocopies to achieve a textured look suggestive of a lithograph or a flickering newsreel.[4][5]

Accolades

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Produced by the National Film Board of Canada in 1999, the 9 min. 40 sec. film garnered numerous awards, including the Genie Award for Best Animated Short, the Short Film Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, TIFF – Best Canadian Short, the Annecy International Animation Film Festival – Animated Short, Grand Prix for short film at Animafest Zagreb and the Banff Television Festival, Best Animation Program.[6][7] It was also included in the Animation Show of Shows.[8][9]

It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, but lost to another animated short produced in Montreal: Aleksandr Petrov's Old Man and the Sea.[10][11][12]

References

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  1. ↑ The Animation That Changed Me: Jérémy Clapin on ‘When The Day Breaks’|Cartoon Brew
  2. ↑ "Know Your Indie Filmmaker: Amanda Forbis And Wendy Tilby|Cartoon Brew". Archived from the original on 2022-11-20. Retrieved 2026-04-30.
  3. ↑ Short of the Week
  4. ↑ "International Festival of Audiovisual Programs". Archived from the original on 2006-11-30. Retrieved 2009-07-04.
  5. ↑ When Rotoscoping Goes Very, Very Right|Animation Obsessive
  6. ↑ "When the Day Breaks". Awards list. National Film Board of Canada. 1999. Retrieved 2009-07-04.
  7. ↑ Punter, Jennie (Summer 1999). "Wendy Tilby's When the Day Breaks wins at Cannes". Take One. Toronto: Wyndham Wise.
  8. ↑ Animation Show of Shows
  9. ↑ When the Day Breaks, by Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis (Preview) on Vimeo
  10. ↑ Hays, Matthew (March 23, 2000). "Animating Oscar". Montreal Mirror. Archived from the original on 2008-12-02. Retrieved 2009-07-04.
  11. ↑ "Animated Short Winner: 2000 Oscars". Archived from the original on 2022-01-07. Retrieved 2026-04-30.
  12. ↑ "2000|Oscars.org". Archived from the original on 2018-04-17. Retrieved 2026-04-30.
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