Aria (2001 film)

Aria
Directed byPjotr Sapegin
Written byBerit Reiss-Andersen
Produced byDavid Reiss-Andersen
Marcel Jean
CinematographyJanne Hansen
Edited byPål Gengenbach
Music byGiacomo Puccini
Normand Roger
Animation byPjotr Sapegin
Production
companies
Release date
  • September 23, 2001 (2001-09-23) (Cinéfest)
Running time
11 minutes
CountriesCanada
Norway

Aria is an animated short film, directed by Pjotr Sapegin and released in 2001.[1] A Canadian–Norwegian coproduction, the film is a stop-motion animation version of Madame Butterfly, set to an arrangement by Normand Roger of excerpts from Giacomo Puccini's original opera.[1]

The film was a Genie Award nominee for Best Animated Short at the 22nd Genie Awards in 2002,[2] and won an Amanda Award for Best Short Film at the Norwegian International Film Festival in 2002.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Marco de Blois, "Le suicide de Madame Butterfly: Aria de Pjotr Sapegin". 24 images, Vol. 109 (2002). p. 58.
  2. ^ "Nominees for this year's Genie Awards". Toronto Star, December 13, 2001.
  3. ^ Osman Kibar, "Chaos strikes twice at Haugesund". Screen Daily, August 28, 2002.


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