Runaway (2009 film)

Runaway
Film poster
Directed byCordell Barker
Written byCordell Barker
Produced byMichael Scott
Derek Mazur
Music byBenoît Charest
Production
company
Distributed byNational Film Board of Canada
Release date
  • May 2009 (2009-05) (Cannes)[1][2]
Running time
9 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Runaway is a 2009 short animated comedy film by Canadian animator Cordell Barker. It received a special jury award for short films at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival and was named the best animated short film at the 2010 Genie Awards.[3][4] In 2010, the film won the Yorkton Film Festival Golden Sheaf Award for Best Animation.[5]

The film was also selected for the Sundance Film Festival and was short-listed, though not nominated, for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.[6][7] It was also included in the Animation Show of Shows.

  1. ^ "National Film Board of Canada". 11 October 2012.
  2. ^ "Runaway wins audience prize at International Critics' Week in Cannes". 25 May 2009. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  3. ^ "NFB animation a "Runaway" winner at Genie Awards[dead link]". forum.bcdb.com, April 13, 2010
  4. ^ "Winnipeg animator wins jury award at Annecy". CBC News. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. June 15, 2009. Retrieved 9 March 2010.
  5. ^ "Our Collection: Runaway". National Film Board of Canada. 2009. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Brown was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "The Academy (Shorts) Short-List". Cartoon Brew. November 21, 2009. Archived from the original on 25 November 2009. Retrieved 9 March 2010.