Charade (1984 film)

Charade
Directed byJon Minnis
Written byJon Minnis
Produced byJon Minnis
Michael Mills
StarringJon Minnis
Production
company
Distributed byMichael Mills Productions
Release date
  • April 10, 1984 (1984-04-10)
Running time
5 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Charade is a 1984 Canadian animated film directed by Jon Minnis.[1] The film won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 57th Academy Awards,[2] and the Genie Award for Best Theatrical Short Film at the 6th Genie Awards.[3]

The film was animated by Minnis with Pantone markers on paper, during a single three-month summer term at Sheridan College.[4]

  1. ^ FilmAffinity
  2. ^ "Montrealer strikes Oscar gold". Montreal Gazette, March 26, 1985.
  3. ^ Bruce Bailey, "Daniel Petrie's 'Bay Boy' harbors six Genie Awards". Montreal Gazette, March 22, 1985.
  4. ^ Nethery, David. ""Charade" by Jon Minnis". Animation Graduate Films. Retrieved 9 January 2011.