Madame Tutli-Putli

Infobox Film
name = Madame Tutli-Putli


caption = Madame Tutli-Putli waiting for her train.
director = Chris Lavis
Maciek Szczerbowski
Clyde Henry Productions
producer = Marcy Page
writer =
narrator =
starring = Laurie Maher
music = Jean-Frédéric Messier
David Bryant
Visual effects = Jason Walker
editing =
distributor = National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
released = 2007
runtime = 17 min.
country = Canada
language = None
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website = http://www.nfb.ca/webextension/madame-tutli-putli/?lg=en
amg_id =
imdb_id = 1029440

"Madame Tutli-Putli" is a 2007 Academy Award nominated stop motion-animated short film by Montreal filmmakers Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski, produced by the National Film Board of Canada.

Oscars contest

The NFB has put "Madame Tutli-Putli" on their website for people to watch. [http://www.nfb.ca/webextension/oscars/index.php?lg=en] For every person who watches the frames currently on the site, they will unlock another frame. This can only be done by one IP address every twenty-four hours. If all of the frames are unlocked by the twenty-second of February, the CBC will run the movie on their website the very same day.

Plot

Madame Tutli-Putli boards a night train for a mysterious and suspenseful journey.

Research and production

The filmmakers researched the film by traveling on The Canadian, north of Lake Superior, living on the train for two weeks, collecting stories. The stop motion animation took them more than five years. [ [http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/212748 TheStar.com | entertainment | Cannes at 60 ] ] [ [http://www.nfb.ca/webextension/madame-tutli-putli/beginnings.php Madame Tutli-Putli – La génèse ] ] [ [http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/2007/09/17/4502517-sun.html CANOE - JAM! Movies: All eyes on animated pioneer ] ] Critics lauded the film for its groundbreaking stop-motion animation techniques. Portrait artist Jason Walker created the technique of adding composited human eyes to the stop motion puppets. [Official site [http://www.madametutliputli.com] ] [ [http://www.fpsmagazine.com/blog/2007/06/eyes-have-it-four-questions-for-jason.php Frames Per Second Magazine: The Eyes Have It: Four Questions for Jason Walker ] ] [ [http://www.stainlesssteeldroppings.com/?p=703 Stainless Steel Droppings » Friday Favorites: Jason Walker ] ]

Awards

On May 28, 2007, the film won the Canal + Grand Prize for best short film along with the Petit Rail d'Or, chosen by a "group of 100 cinephile railwaymen," at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. [ [http://www.herald.ns.ca/Entertainment/837902.html Nova Scotia News - TheChronicleHerald.ca ] ] [ [http://www.playbackmag.com/articles/daily/20070528/cannes.html Playback :: Tutli-Putli nabs two at Cannes ] ] In June 2007, Madame Tutli-Putli won best animated short at the Worldwide Short Film Festival in Toronto, qualifying it for Academy Award consideration. [ [http://www.playbackmag.com/articles/daily/20070618/wsff.html Playback :: Another win for Tutli ] ] It received an Oscar nomination in January 2008. In late June 2008, Madame Tutli-Putli won the "Best of the Festival" award at the Melbourne International Animation Festival. At the Ars Electronica Festival 2008 Chris Lavis received a "Golden Nica" in the category "Computer Animation/Film/VFX" of the Prix Ars Electronica. [ [http://www.aec.at/en/prix/winners.asp Prix Ars Electronica 2008] ]

Notes

External links

* [http://www.nfb.ca/webextension/madame-tutli-putli/?lg=en Official web site for "Madame Tutli-Putli"]
* [http://www.ipextv.tv/ipextv/videos/National_Film_Board_of_Canada/Madame_Tutli_Putli/1361/ Online Sell Sheet and Trailer"]