No Problem (1992 film)

No Problem
Directed byCraig Welch
Written byCraig Welch
Produced byMarcy Page
Barrie McLean
Eunice MacAulay
CinematographyJacques Avoine
Pierre Landry
Lynda Pelley
Edited byDerek Sharplin
Music byDenis L. Chartrand
Normand Roger
Production
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Release date
Running time
12 min.
CountryCanada

No Problem is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Craig Welch and released in 1992.[1] The film centres on a lonely man who wants to be in a relationship with a woman, but every time he goes on a date his id and superego both come out to wreck the opportunity.[1]

The film was influenced by the comic style of NFB animators Cordell Barker and Richard Condie.[2]

The film premiered at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival, in competition for the Short Film Palme d'Or.[3] It was a Genie Award nominee for Best Animated Short Film at the 14th Genie Awards in 1993.[4]

  1. ^ a b Craig MacInnis, "From Oshawa to Cannes... No problem!". Toronto Star, May 10, 1992.
  2. ^ Jayne Pilling, ed. (2012). "On Craig Welch's How Wings Are Attached to the Backs of Angels". Animating the Unconscious: Desire, Sexuality, and Animation. Wallflower Press. ISBN 978-0231161992.
  3. ^ "Cannes picks four films from Canada". Toronto Star, April 18, 1992.
  4. ^ "The nominees are...". Edmonton Journal, October 20, 1993.