Inner City (2011)

Original title

La cité entre les murs

Directed by

Alain Fournier

Genre

animation

Country

Canada

Runtime

9 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young boy lives alone in a strange city suspended between two walls. He builds unusual inventions to try to get the attention of his only neighbor, while his only company is a flock of pigeons.

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What happens

Inner City (French: La Cité entre les murs) is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Alain Fournier and released in 2011. Blending marionette puppetry with three-dimensional animation, the film tells the story of a young boy living in a surreal city hung between two walls; with only pigeons to keep him company, he builds strange and fantastical inventions to attract the attention of his nearest neighbour. The film was screened in the Short Film Corner program at the 2011 Cannes Film Market, and had its official public premiere at the 2011 Fantasia Film Festival. It received a Genie Award nomination for Best Animated Short Film at the 32nd Genie Awards in 2012. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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