Romance (2011 film)

Romance
Film poster
Directed by	Georges Schwizgebel
Written by	Georges Schwizgebel
Produced by	Georges Schwizgebel René Chénier Marc Bertrand
Cinematography	Georges Schwizgebel
Edited by	Georges Schwizgebel
Music by	Sergei Rachmaninoff
Production companies	National Film Board of Canada Radio Télévision Suisse Studio GDS
Release date	August 8, 2011 (2011-08-08) (Locarno)
Running time	7 minutes
Countries	Canada Switzerland

Romance is a short animated film, directed by Georges Schwizgebel and released in 2011.^[1]

A co-production of the National Film Board of Canada, Radio Télévision Suisse and Schwizgebel's own Studio GDS, the film won the Genie Award for Best Animated Short at the 32nd Genie Awards.^[2]

Plot summary

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A man and a woman are seated next to each other on a plane, during the flight they daydream about a life together.

The animation is accompanied by the Cello Sonata Op.19 by Rachmaninoff.

Cast

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Cello: Tina Schwizgebel-Wang

Piano: Louis Schwizgebel-Wang

Music Recording: Yvan Bing

Sound Design: Olivier Calvert

Direction: Georges Schwizgebel

References

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^ Minovitz, Ethan (January 17, 2012). "Five animated shorts nominated for Genie Award". Big Cartoon News. Archived from the original on July 7, 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
^ Minovitz, Ethan (March 9, 2012). "Georges Schwizgebel wins at Genies with "Romance"". Big Cartoon News. Archived from the original on July 7, 2012. Retrieved March 9, 2012.

External links

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Watch Romance on the NFB website
Romance at IMDb

v t e Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television for Best Animated Short, Best Live Action Short and Best Theatrical Short
Theatrical Short (1949–1996)	Who Will Teach Your Child? (1949) North Shore (1950) After Prison, What? (1951) Opera School (1952) L'Homme aux oiseaux (1953) Farewell Oak Street (1954) High Tide in Newfoundland¹ (1955) Gold (1956) The Sceptre and the Mace (1958) Money Minters, The Quest and The Tall Country (1959) Royal River (1960) Universe (1961) Morning on the Lièvre (1962) Nahanni (1963) Anniversary (1964) Do Not Fold, Staple, Spindle or Mutilate and Ça n'est pas le temps des romans (1968) Vertige and At Home (1969) A Matter of Fat and Blake (1970) Don't Knock the Ox (1971) This Is a Photograph (1972) Goodbye Sousa (1973) Along These Lines (1975) Cooperage (1976) Spartree (1977) L'Affaire Bronswik (1978) Nails (1980) The Strongest Man in the World (1981) Zea (1982) Elvis Gratton (1983) Ted Baryluk's Grocery (1984) Charade (1985) George and Rosemary (1988) Saeed (1991) Arrowhead (1994) Les fleurs magiques (1995) The Home for Blind Women (1996)
Live Action Short (1986–present)	The Edit (1986) I Need a Man Like You to Make My Dreams Come True (1987) The Mysterious Moon Men of Canada (1989) In Search of the Last Good Man (1990) Battle of the Bulge (1992) The Fairy Who Didn't Want to Be a Fairy Anymore (1993) The Hangman's Bride (1997) When Ponds Freeze Over (1998) Moving Day (1999) Le P'tit Varius (2000) The Heart of the World (2001) I Shout Love (2002) Noël Blank (2003) Capacité 11 personnes (2004) Milo 55160 (2005) Le rouge au sol (2006) Après tout (2007) Next Floor (2008) Danse Macabre (2009) Savage (2010) Doubles with Slight Pepper (2011) Throat Song (2012) Noah (2013) Hole (2014) She Stoops to Conquer (2015) Mutants (2016) Fluffy (2017) Fauve (2018) Pick (2019) Black Bodies (2020) Girls Shouldn't Walk Alone at Night (2021) Simo (2022) Motherland (2023)
Animated Short (1968–present)	Un enfant...un pays¹ (1968) Walking (1969) To See or Not to See (1970) Evolution (1971) Dans la vie... (1972) The Family That Dwelt Apart (1973) The Owl Who Married a Goose (1975) The Street (1976) Spinnolio (1977) Afterlife (1978) Every Child (1980) The Big Snit (1986) Get a Job (1987) The Cat Came Back (1989) Juke-Bar (1990) Strings (1992) Pearl's Diner (1993) La vieille dame et les pigeons (1997) Bingo (1998) When the Day Breaks (1999) Village of Idiots (2000) The Boy Who Saw the Iceberg (2001) The Hungry Squid (2002) Falling in Love Again (2003) Ryan (2004) cNote (2005) The Danish Poet (2006) Madame Tutli-Putli (2007) Isabelle au bois dormant (2008) Runaway (2009) Lipsett Diaries (2010) Romance (2011) Paula (2012) Subconscious Password (2013) Me and My Moulton (2014) The Ballad of Immortal Joe (2015) Blind Vaysha (2016) The Tesla World Light (2017) Animal Behaviour (2018) Giant Bear (2019) Hot Flash (2020) Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman's Apprentice (2021) The Flying Sailor (2022) Where Rabbits Come From (2023)
¹ These two films were given honorable mentions rather than officially winning the award, but are included here as no other winner was named above them.

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