This Magnificent Cake!

This Magnificent Cake!
French	Ce magnifique gàteau !
Directed by	Marc James Roels Emma de Swaef
Written by	Marc James Roels Emma de Swaef
Produced by	Steven de Beul Ben Tesseur Koen Vermaanen
Cinematography	Marc James Roels
Animation by	Iris Alexandre Élodie Bonnaure Andreas de Ridder Mirjam Plettinx Patricia Sourdes
Production companies	Beast Animation Vivement Lundi Pedri Animation
Distributed by	Cinemien GKIDS
Release date	May 14, 2018 (2018-05-14) (Cannes)
Running time	44 minutes
Countries	Belgium France Netherlands
Languages	French Dutch

This Magnificent Cake! is a stop motion animated short film released in 2018, directed by Marc James Roels and Emma de Swaef.^[1] A coproduction of companies from Belgium, France and the Netherlands, the film centres on the history of Belgian colonialism in Africa.^[2]

The film premiered in the Directors' Fortnight program at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.^[3]

Cast

• Wim Willaert: Van Molle
• Paul Huvenne:
• Goua Grovogui: the lost carrier
• Sébastien Dewaele: Pierre
• Jan Decleir: the king
• Michel Kossi: Ota's brother
• Bruno Levie: Georges
• Gaston Motambo: Ota
• Alexander Rolies: Little Philippe
• Dirk Rypens: the soulful man on the boat
• Anna Schoonbroodt: mother
• Jamal Tahri: the angry neighbor
• Angelo Tijssens: Louis
• Aziz Azam, Sébastien Brodzic, Walter Canipel, Xavier Dumont, Michel Gallois, Michèle Hublau, Juan Maldonado and Céline Seutin : additional voices

Awards

It won the André-Martin Prize for a French short film at the 2018 edition of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival,^[4] the Grand Prix at the 2018 Animafest Zagreb,^[5] the Grand Prize at the 2018 Ottawa International Animation Festival,^[6] and the National Grand Prix at the 2019 Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival.^[7]

At the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival, it received an honorable mention for the Best International Short Film award.^[8]

It received a César Award nomination for Best Animated Short Film at the 45th César Awards in 2020.^[9]

References

1. Ellen Wolff, "The Many Layers of ‘This Magnificent Cake!’" Archived 2023-07-15 at the Wayback Machine. Animation Magazine, 19 October 2018.
2. Chris Robinson, "Marc James Roels and Emma De Swaef Return with ‘This Magnificent Cake’" Archived 2023-05-28 at the Wayback Machine. Animation World Network, 21 June 2018.
3. Agnès Le Morvan, "Cinéma. Vivement lundi ! à Cannes avec « Ce magnifique gâteau »" Archived 2023-07-15 at the Wayback Machine. Ouest-France, 17 April 2018.
4. Ramin Zahed, "‘La Chute,’ ‘Magnificent Cake’ Among Winners at Annecy" Archived 2023-07-15 at the Wayback Machine. Animation World Network, 15 June 2018.
5. Thomas J. Maclean, "‘La Chute,’ ‘This Magnificent Cake!’ Earn Animfest Zagreb Honors" Archived 2023-07-15 at the Wayback Machine. Animation World Network, 13 June 2018.
6. Amin Amidi, "‘Solar Walk,’ ‘This Magnificent Cake!’ Take Top Prizes At Ottawa 2018" Archived 2023-07-15 at the Wayback Machine. Cartoon Brew, 29 September 2018.
7. Jennifer Wolfe, "‘This Magnificent Cake!’ Wins Top National Prize at Clermont-Ferrand Festival" Archived 2023-07-15 at the Wayback Machine. Animation World Network, 11 February 2019.
8. Jeremy Kay, "'Green Book' boosts awards season prospects with TIFF audience award win" Archived 2020-08-01 at the Wayback Machine. Screen Daily, 16 September 2018.
9. "'Ce magnifique gâteau!' en lice pour le César du 'Meilleur court-métrage d'animation' Archived 2023-07-15 at the Wayback Machine. RTBF, 29 January 2020.

External links

• This Magnificent Cake! at IMDb