Aria (2001 film)

2001 Canadian film

Aria

Directed by| Pjotr Sapegin
Written by| Berit Reiss-Andersen
Produced by| David Reiss-Andersen
Marcel Jean
Cinematography| Janne Hansen
Edited by| Pål Gengenbach
Music by| Giacomo Puccini
Normand Roger
Animation by| Pjotr Sapegin

Production
companies

National Film Board of Canada
Pravda Productions

Release date

* September 23, 2001 (2001-09-23) (Cinéfest)

Running time

| 11 minutes
Countries| Canada
Norway

Aria is an animated short film, directed by Pjotr Sapegin and released in 2001.[1] A Canadian–Norwegian coproduction, the film is a stop-motion animation version of Madame Butterfly, set to an arrangement by Normand Roger of excerpts from Giacomo Puccini's original opera.[1]

The film was a Genie Award nominee for Best Animated Short at the 22nd Genie Awards in 2002,[2] and won an Amanda Award for Best Short Film at the Norwegian International Film Festival in 2002.[3]

## References

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1. ^ a b Marco de Blois, "Le suicide de Madame Butterfly: Aria de Pjotr Sapegin". 24 images, Vol. 109 (2002). p. 58.
2. ^ "Nominees for this year's Genie Awards". Toronto Star, December 13, 2001.
3. ^ Osman Kibar, "Chaos strikes twice at Haugesund". Screen Daily, August 28, 2002.

## External links

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* Aria at IMDb
* Watch Aria on the NFB website

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