This Magnificent Cake!
FrenchCe magnifique gàteau !
Directed byMarc James Roels
Emma de Swaef
Written byMarc James Roels
Emma de Swaef
Produced bySteven de Beul
Ben Tesseur
Koen Vermaanen
CinematographyMarc James Roels
Animation byIris Alexandre
Élodie Bonnaure
Andreas de Ridder
Mirjam Plettinx
Patricia Sourdes
Production
companies
Beast Animation
Vivement Lundi
Pedri Animation
Distributed byCinemien
GKIDS
Release date
  • May 14, 2018 (2018-05-14) (Cannes)
Running time
44 minutes
CountriesBelgium
France
Netherlands
LanguagesFrench
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]

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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.

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