Tables of Content
1986 Canadian film
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Tables of Content is a 1986 Canadian animated short film directed by Wendy Tilby.[1]
| Tables of Content | |
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| Directed by | Wendy Tilby |
| Produced by | Wendy Tilby |
| Animation by | Wendy Tilby |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | National Film Board of Canada |
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Running time | 8 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
Plot
Made as her graduating class project in the filmmaking program at Emily Carr College of Art and Design, the film depicts an elderly man dining alone in a restaurant and observing the sights and sounds around him.[2]
Release
The film premiered at the 1986 Montreal World Film Festival.[3] It was subsequently acquired for distribution by the National Film Board of Canada.[4]
Awards
At Montreal, it won the award for Best Short Film.[5] It was later screened at the Yorkton Film Festival, where it won the Golden Sheaf award for Best Animation.[2]
The film was a Genie Award nominee for Best Animated Short at the 8th Genie Awards in 1987,[6] and was one of five films selected for the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television's independent short films showcase, a program that gave the winning films commercial screenings in various Canadian markets.[7]
It was submitted for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 59th Academy Awards, but was not a finalist.[8]