My Life as a Courgette

My Life as a Courgette

Film poster
Directed by Claude Barras
Produced by Armelle Glorennec
Éric Jacquot
Marc Bonny
Screenplay by Céline Sciamma
Claude Barras
Germano Zullo
Morgan Navarro
Based on Autobiographie d'une Courgette
by Gilles Paris
Music by Sophie Hunger
Edited by Valentin Rotelli
Distributed by Gebeka Films
Release dates
  • 15 May 2016 (2016-05-15) (Cannes)
  • 19 October 2016 (2016-10-19) (France)
  • 19 October 2016 (2016-10-19) (Switzerland)
Running time
 66 minutes
Country France
Switzerland
Language French
Budget $8 million[1]
Box office $3.9 million[2]

My Life as a Courgette (French: Ma vie de Courgette; also titled My Life as a Zucchini) is a 2016 French-Swiss stop motion animated film directed by Claude Barras.[3] It was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.[4][5] It won the Audience Award and the Cristal for Best Feature Film at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival.[6] It was selected as the Swiss entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards.[7] It was nominated for three Annie Awards.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "'My Life as a Zucchini': How a Swiss Stop-Motion Animated Film Became a Major Awards Contender". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  2. ↑ "Ma vie de Courgette (My Life as a Courgette))". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "Animated film to represent Switzerland at Oscars". Swissinfo. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Fortnight 2016: The 48th Directors' Fortnight Selection". Quinzaine des Réalisateurs. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  5. ↑ Nancy Tartaglione (19 April 2016). "Cannes: Directors' Fortnight 2016 Lineup – Laura Poitras' 'Risk', Pablo Larrain's 'Neruda', Paul Schrader's 'Dog Eat Dog'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  6. ↑ "'My Life as a Courgette' Takes Top Prize At Annecy Film Festival". Variety. 18 June 2016.
  7. ↑ Keslassy, Elsa (5 August 2016). "Switzerland Sends Claude Barras's 'My Life as a Courgette' to Foreign-Language Oscar Race". Variety. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  8. ↑ "44th Annual Annie Award Nominees Announced - ToonZone News". Retrieved 30 November 2016.

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