The Apprentice (1991 film)

The Apprentice
FrenchL'Apprenti
Directed byRichard Condie
Produced byChes Yetman
Distributed byNational Film Board of Canada
Release date
  • 1991 (1991)
CountryCanada

The Apprentice (French: L'Apprenti) is a 1991 animated short by Richard Condie, produced in Winnipeg by Ches Yetman for the National Film Board of Canada.

A more enigmatic work than Condie's popular short The Big Snit, the film is a series of animated blackout sketches, telling the story of a medieval jester and his young apprentice. The "dialogue" is supplied by gargling noises, sampled on a computer.[1]

The film received a Blizzard Award for Best Animation at the 1993 Manitoba Motion Picture Industry Association Film & Video Awards.[2]

  1. ^ William Beard & Jerry White, ed. (2002). North of Everything. University of Alberta Press. pp. 78. ISBN 0-88864-390-X. Apprentice condie.
  2. ^ "The Apprentice/L'Apprenti". Collection. National Film Board of Canada.