Sweet Childhood
In this animated short, cartoonist Zviane comes across an old audiocassette while packing up before a move. Just the sight of the tape plunges her back into her childhood fantasies and her perceptions of the world. But the reality of what's on the tape results in a hilarious episode that questions just how "sweet" childhood really is. This film is part of the Comic Strip Chronicles, a collection of shorts celebrating the strong affinity between comic strips and animated film. Inspired by moments of everyday life, these films showcase the playful imaginations of renowned artists Guy Delisle, Zviane, Aude Picault, …
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Comic Strip Chronicles2017 - 2021 2 editionsDiscover the creativity and wit of cartoonists-turned-filmmakers in our Comic Strip Chronicles, a collection of shorts that celebrates the strong affinity between two art forms: the comic strip and the animated film.
In this animated short, cartoonist Zviane comes across an old audiocassette while packing up before a move. Just the sight of the tape plunges her back into her childhood fantasies and her perceptions of the world. But the reality of what's on the tape results in a hilarious episode that questions just how "sweet" childhood really is.
This film is part of the Comic Strip Chronicles, a collection of shorts celebrating the strong affinity between comic strips and animated film. Inspired by moments of everyday life, these films showcase the playful imaginations of renowned artists Guy Delisle, Zviane, Aude Picault, Lewis Trondheim, and Jean Matthieu Tanguy. Produced by the NFB, Canal+, and Sacrebleu.
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directorZviane
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animationJanet Perlman
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sound designPierre Yves Drapeau
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voiceSylvie-Anne Ménard
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translationHelge Dascher
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foleyLise Wedlock
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foley assistantThomas Garant
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foley recordingGeoffrey Mitchell
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re-recordingJean Paul Vialard
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direction - opening sequencePascal BlanchetRodolphe Saint-Gelais
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music - opening sequencePierre Yves Drapeau
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off-line editingSarah Fortin
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online editingSerge Verreault
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titlesMélanie Bouchard
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technical coordinationJean-François LapriseDaniel Lord
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technical directionPierre Plouffe
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technical coordination, animationYannick Grandmont
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production coordinationMichèle Labelle
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administrative teamDiane AyotteStéphanie Lalonde
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line productionJocelyne Perrier
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subtitlesZoé Major
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consultantNicola Lemay
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administrationDiane RégimbaldKarine Desmeules
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business affairsClaire Burnoud
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project managerCamille Lequenne
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production assistantSophie de CharentenayDavid Figueredo Diez
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production accountingMaxi Cortez
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production internCamille ApardJean-Maxime Feutry
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post-production studioHigh Fun
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Les Programmes Courts et CréationsPascale FaureBrigitte Pardo
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negotiations managerSébastien Laurent
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communicationsKarletty LavocatPascale Marie
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producerJulie RoyMarc BertrandRon Dyens
Cartoonist Zviane comes across an old cassette tape from her childhood, and she’s excited to listen to what she sounded like as a young child. Viewers will be surprised to hear what’s on the tape, and the title Sweet Childhood seems ironic when we listen to the subject matter she recorded when she was younger. Hilarious, but may be thought of as inappropriate for a classroom setting. Potential questions include: What ideas do we have about our younger selves that might be untrue? What forms of technology do you have from your childhood that have become obsolete? Research ways for obsolete forms of family storytelling or documentation (film, cassette, VHS) to be transferred to current technologies for future generations.
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Sweet Childhood, Zviane, provided by the National Film Board of Canada