{"id":65149,"date":"2015-11-19T20:47:57","date_gmt":"2015-11-20T02:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=65149"},"modified":"2015-11-19T20:47:57","modified_gmt":"2015-11-20T02:47:57","slug":"two-nfb-animated-short-films-make-oscar-short-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/11\/19\/two-nfb-animated-short-films-make-oscar-short-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Two NFB animated short films make Oscar short list"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Canada\u2019s Cordell Barker, two-time Oscar nominee, brings us his fourth film, If I Was God – a gentle yet whimsical tale of an awkward yet eventful day in the life of a 7th grade boy.
(Photo from \u00a9 2015 National Film Board of Canada)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LOS ANGELES \u2013 Two animated shorts produced by the National Film Board of Canada are advancing in the race for Oscar nominations.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I Was God?\u201d by Winnipeg\u2019s Cordell Barker, and \u201cCarface (Autos Portraits)\u201d by Montreal\u2019s Claude Cloutier are among 10 animated shorts chosen from a field of 60 to advance to the next stage for consideration.<\/p>\n

The next step will see Academy members select five nominees.<\/p>\n

Barker has already been nominated for two Oscars, for 1988\u2019s \u201cThe Cat Came Back\u201d and 2001\u2019s \u201cStrange Invaders.\u201d He got his start doing animation for \u201cSesame Street\u201d while he was still in high school.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I Was God?\u201d is described as a \u201cdarkly whimsical stop-motion animation memoir about a particularly awkward day in Grade 7.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cloutier started out as a comic book artist and cartoonist before making animated films including \u201cSleeping Betty,\u201d which earned him a Genie Award.<\/p>\n

In \u201cCarface,\u201d a 1957 Chevy Bel Air gives a musical performance in what\u2019s described as \u201ca scathing satire of the power of Big Oil.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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