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2015 Canadian film
The Ballad of Immortal Joe
Directed byHector Herrera
Produced byPazit Cahlon
StarringKenneth Welsh
Music byThe Sadies
Release date
  • September 12, 2015 (2015-09-12) (TIFF)
Running time7 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The Ballad of Immortal Joe is a Canadian animated short film, which premiered at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. Directed by Hector Herrera and written and produced by Pazit Cahlon, the film is a tribute to the cowboy poetry of Robert W. Service. The film, the third installment in Herrera's "Beastly Bards" series of animated shorts, is narrated by actor Kenneth Welsh, and soundtracked by the alternative country band The Sadies.

In 2016 the film won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Animated Short at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards.

References

  1. ^ "Third Beastly Bards Short Premiering at TIFF". Animation Magazine, September 3, 2015.
  2. "'Room' sweeps Canadian Screen Awards". Toronto Sun, March 134, 2016.

External links

Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television for Best Animated Short, Best Live Action Short and Best Theatrical Short
Theatrical Short
(1949–1996)
Live Action Short
(1986–present)
Animated Short
(1968–present)
These two films were given honorable mentions rather than officially winning the award, but are included here as no other winner was named above them.


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