- Birthday Boy
Infobox Film
name = Birthday Boy
director =Sejong Park
producer =Andrew Gregory
writer = Sejong Park
music =James K. Lee
editing =Adrian Rostirolla
released =June 8 2004
runtime = 10 min.
country = flag|Australia
language = Korean
website = http://www.birthdayboymovie.com/
amg_id = 1:319767
imdb_id = 0435933"Birthday Boy" is a short animated film made in 2004 by
Sejong Park , while still only a student at theAustralian Film Television and Radio School ."Birthday Boy" is set during the
Korean War , in 1951. It is set on little Manuk's birthday, and begins as he is playing on the village streets, imagining his father's daily life as a soldier at the frontlines. After playing, Manuk returns home to find a recently delivered parcel. Thinking it is a present for him, Manuk opens the parcel, and its contents change his life forever.The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short. It received an Excellence Prize at the 2004
Japan Media Arts Festival .Siggraph film festival awarded the film for Best Animated Short, for "its captivating and expert storytelling and filmmaking."
References
* [http://www.abc.net.au/tv/shortandcurly/txt/2006/s1513980.htm Australian Broadcasting Corporation page on the film]
External links
* [http://www.siggraph.org www.siggraph.org]
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