Charade (1984 film)

Charade
Directed by	John Minnis
Produced by	John Minnis (producer)
Written by	John Minnis (story)
Starring	See below
Production company	Sheridan College
Distributed by	Michael Mills Productions
Release dates	1984
Running time	5 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

Charade is a 1984 animated Canadian film directed by John Minnis. The film won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 57th Academy Awards (as of 2015, the only student film to do so). The film was animated by Minnis with Pantone markers on paper, during a single three-month summer term at Sheridan College.^[1]

Plot

In front of a witless audience, a talented but unlucky gentleman competes in a game of charades against a savant who puts no effort to it and yet the audience still gets his right.

Cast

John Minnis as Father, Beatrice, etc. (voice)

References

↑ Nethery, David. ""Charade" by Jon Minnis". Animation Graduate Films. Retrieved 9 January 2011.

External links

Charade at the Internet Movie Database
Charade at The Big Cartoon DataBase

Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film

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