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1999 Canadian film
Village of Idiots Directed by Eugene Fedorenko Written by John Lazarus Produced by John Spotton Narrated by Nicholas Rice Distributed by National Film Board of Canada
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Village of Idiots Jewish folk tales about the Wise Men of Chełm , directed and animated by Eugene Fedorenko and Rose Newlove, written by John Lazarus , and produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB).[1] Academy Award -winning animator of the 1979 NFB short Every Child Animation Show of Shows .
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“Outsiders call Chełm the village of idiots," Shmendrick explains, "but our rabbi said we were a city of natural geniuses, with our own way of figuring things out.”
With muted, mesmerizing illustrations and heavy accordion-based music, the film follows Shmendrick as he sets out on a journey away from home for the first time. But along his journey from Chełm to Warsaw , He decides to have a rest. He then eats some food that he brought with him and then has a sleep. Afterwards, Shmendrick awakens and continues his journey. But as he travels, he comes upon a city that is eerily similar to the one he left behind. The rest of us might think Shmendrik just took a wrong turn and ended up back home, but for Shmendrik, this discovery sheds light on holy teachings: “the Talmud tells us that the world is everywhere the same," he recalls.
The above turn of the plot is a retelling of the short story by Isaac Bashevis Singer When Shlemiel Went to Warsaw
CINANIMA International Animated Film Festival, Espinho, Portugal : RTP Internacional Jury Honorable Mention, 1999
CINANIMA International Animated Film Festival, Espinho, Portugal : Special Jury Award, 1999
CINANIMA International Animated Film Festival, Espinho, Portugal : Audience Award, 1999
Vancouver International Film Festival , Vancouver : Best Animated Film, 1999
Montreal World Film Festival , Montreal : FIPRESCI Award International Federation of Film Critics , 1999
Montreal World Film Festival , Montreal : Second Prize, Short Films, 1999
Writers Guild of Canada : Best Script, to John Lazarus , 1999
Castelli Animati, Genzano di Roma , Italy: Grand Prize, 2000
Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival, Vila do Conde , Portugal: Grand Prize for Animation, 2000
International Jewish Video Competition of the Judah L. Magnes Museum, Berkeley, California : First Prize, Animation, 2000
Hiroshima International Animation Festival , Hiroshima , Japan: Renzo Kinoshita Award, 2000
Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films , Palm Springs, California : Second Place, Animation, 2000
Animafest Zagreb , Zagreb , Croatia: Second Prize, 2000
Message to Man International Film Festival, St. Petersburg , Russia – Centaur Award for Best Animation, 2000
Annecy International Animation Film Festival , Annecy , France: Special Jury Award, 2000
Brisbane International Film Festival , Brisbane , Australia: Special Jury Award, 2000
Melbourne International Animation Festival , Melbourne : Award for Best of International Session 6, 2001
California SUN International Animation Festival, Los Angeles: Silver Star Award for Best Experimental Animation, 2001
21st Genie Awards , Toronto – Genie Award for Best Animated Short, 2001
New York International Children's Film Festival, New York: Grand Prize Audience Award, 2002
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