| I Like Girls | |
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| J'aime les filles | |
| Directed by | Diane Obomsawin |
| Written by | Diane Obomsawin |
| Produced by | Marc Bertrand |
| Edited by | Augustin Rioux |
| Music by | Judith Gruber-Stitzer |
| Production company | National Film Board of Canada |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 8 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French |
I Like Girls (French: J'aime les filles) is a Canadian short animated film, directed by Diane Obomsawin and released in 2016. Based on Obomsawin's 2014 graphic novel On Loving Women, the film features anthropomorphic animal characters acting out stories of lesbian same-sex attraction.
The film won the prize for Best Short Film at the Ottawa International Animation Festival in 2016. It was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Animated Short Film at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards, and a nominee for Best Animated Short film at the 19th Quebec Cinema Awards. It was submitted to the 2018 Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, but was not selected as a finalist.
References
- "The NFB Just Did Something Awesome For Women Filmmakers". Cartoon Brew. March 8, 2016.
- "On Loving Women by Diane Obomsawin". Paste. February 13, 2014.
- "Meet the queer and two-spirit Indigenous artists sharing their stories for ImagineNATIVE 2017". Daily Xtra. October 19, 2017.
- "'I Like Girls,' 'Louise en Hiver' Wins Top Prizes at Ottawa". Cartoon Brew. September 25, 2016.
- Dumais, Manon (March 11, 2017). "Écrans canadiens 2017: vers une domination québécoise?". Le Devoir (in French).
- Dumais, Manon (April 6, 2017). "Dolan et Nguyen dominent la course aux prix Iris". Le Devoir (in French).
- "2018 Oscars: 63 Animated Shorts Are Competing This Year". Cartoon Brew. October 30, 2017.
External links
- Watch I Like Girls on the NFB website
- I Like Girls at IMDb
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