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The End of Pinky

2013 Canadian film

The End of Pinky (French: La Fin de Pinky) is a 2013 Canadian stereoscopic National Film Board of Canada animated short directed by Claire Blanchet, based on a short story of the same name by Heather O'Neill. Described by the director as an "animated film noir set in a dream-like version of Montreal's Red Light District," the film is narrated in its English version by O'Neill and in French by Quebec actor Marc-André Grondin. Music for the film was composed by Genevieve Levasseur. O'Neill's story was originally published in the 2008 January–February edition of The Walrus. The film had its world premiere on September 11 in the Short Cuts Canada Programme of the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.[1][2][3]

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In December 2013, The End of Pinky was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual Canada's Top Ten list, in the short film category.[4] The film was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Animated Short at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards in 2014.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Leighton, Heather (9 September 2013). "The End of Pinky to premiere at TIFF". The Rover. Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
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    Silverstein, Melissa (11 September 2013). "TIFF Women Directors: Meet Claire Blanchet" (interview). Indiewire. Retrieved 5 December 2013.[dead link]
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    "Animation Noir". Border Crossings. No. 126. May 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
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    "TIFF's Top 10 films of 2013 taps Enemy, The F Word, Gabrielle". CBC News. 4 December 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
  5. [5]
    Mullen, Pat (13 January 2014). "'Enemy' Leads Canadian Screen Awards Nominations". Cinemablographer. Archived from the original on 8 April 2016.


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