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]
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| J'aime les filles | |
| Directed by | Diane Obomsawin |
| Written by | Diane Obomsawin |
| Produced by | Marc Bertrand |
| Edited by | Augustin Rioux |
| Music by | Judith Gruber-Stitzer |
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Running time | 8 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French |
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.
References
edit- ^ "The NFB Just Did Something Awesome For Women Filmmakers". Cartoon Brew. March 8, 2016.
- ^ "On Loving Women by Diane Obomsawin". Paste. February 13, 2014.
- ^ "Meet the queer and two-spirit Indigenous artists sharing their stories for ImagineNATIVE 2017". Daily Xtra. October 19, 2017.
- ^ "'I Like Girls,' 'Louise en Hiver' Wins Top Prizes at Ottawa". Cartoon Brew. September 25, 2016.
- ^ Dumais, Manon (March 11, 2017). "Écrans canadiens 2017: vers une domination québécoise?". Le Devoir (in French).
- ^ Dumais, Manon (April 6, 2017). "Dolan et Nguyen dominent la course aux prix Iris". Le Devoir (in French).
- ^ "2018 Oscars: 63 Animated Shorts Are Competing This Year". Cartoon Brew. October 30, 2017.
External links
edit- Watch I Like Girls on the NFB website
- I Like Girls at IMDb
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