I Like Girls

I Like Girls
J'aime les filles
Directed byDiane Obomsawin
Written byDiane Obomsawin
Produced byMarc Bertrand
Edited byAugustin Rioux
Music byJudith Gruber-Stitzer
Production
company
Release date
  • November 25, 2016 (2016-11-25) (Cinematheque Quebec)
Running time
8 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

I Like Girls (French: J'aime les filles) is a Canadian short animated film, directed by Diane Obomsawin and released in 2016.[1] Based on Obomsawin's 2014 graphic novel On Loving Women,[2] the film features anthropomorphic animal characters acting out stories of lesbian same-sex attraction.[3]

The film won the prize for Best Short Film at the Ottawa International Animation Festival in 2016.[4] It was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Animated Short Film at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards,[5] and a nominee for Best Animated Short film at the 19th Quebec Cinema Awards.[6] It was submitted to the 2018 Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film,[7] but was not selected as a finalist.

  1. ^ "The NFB Just Did Something Awesome For Women Filmmakers". Cartoon Brew. March 8, 2016.
  2. ^ "On Loving Women by Diane Obomsawin". Paste. February 13, 2014.
  3. ^ "Meet the queer and two-spirit Indigenous artists sharing their stories for ImagineNATIVE 2017". Daily Xtra. October 19, 2017.
  4. ^ "'I Like Girls,' 'Louise en Hiver' Wins Top Prizes at Ottawa". Cartoon Brew. September 25, 2016.
  5. ^ Dumais, Manon (March 11, 2017). "Écrans canadiens 2017: vers une domination québécoise?". Le Devoir (in French).
  6. ^ Dumais, Manon (April 6, 2017). "Dolan et Nguyen dominent la course aux prix Iris". Le Devoir (in French).
  7. ^ "2018 Oscars: 63 Animated Shorts Are Competing This Year". Cartoon Brew. October 30, 2017.