Mindscape (1976 film)
1976 animated short by Jacques Drouin
Mindscape (French: Le Paysagiste) is a 1976 pinscreen animation short film by Jacques Drouin, produced by the National Film Board of Canada.
Production
It was Drouin's second pinscreen work, after his 1974 work Trois exercices sur l'écran d'épingles d'Alexeieff.
The film had a budget of $38,740 (equivalent to $204,537 in 2025).
Summary
A film without dialogue, Mindscape shows an artist stepping inside his painting and wandering through a symbolically rich landscape.
Awards
Ottawa International Animation Festival, Ottawa: Special Jury Award, 1976
CINANIMA International Animated Film Festival, Espinho, Portugal - Silver Dolphin for the Best Film 3–11 minutes (tie), 1977
Chicago International Film Festival, Chicago: Bronze Hugo, 1977
Columbus International Film & Animation Festival, Columbus, Ohio: Chris Bronze Plaque, 1977
Linz International Short Film Festival, Linz: Special Award for Best Musical Adaptation for a Film, 1977
Yorkton Film Festival, Yorkton: Golden Sheaf Award for Best Animated Film, 1977
Golden Gate International Film Festival, San Francisco: Diploma for Outstanding Achievement, 1977
International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Oberhausen: Diploma of Honour by the International Jury, 1977
HEMISFILM, San Antonio, TX: Bronze Medal, 1977
Virgin Islands International Animated Film Festival, St. Thomas: Silver Venus for Best Short Film, 1977
Long Island Film Festival, Long Island: Golden Image Award, First Prize, 1977
American Film and Video Festival, New York: Red Ribbon, Visual Essays, 1978
Baltimore Film Festival, Baltimore: First Prize, Best Film of the Festival, 1978
Baltimore Film Festival, Baltimore: First Prize, Animation, 1978
Southwest Film Festival, Tulsa: First Prize, Professional, 1978
Kenyon Film Festival, Gambier, Ohio: First Jury Prize, 1978
Athens Short Film Festival, Athens, Georgia: Award of Merit, 1978
References
Works cited
Evans, Gary (1991). In the National Interest: A Chronicle of the National Film Board of Canada from 1949 to 1989. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0802027849.
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