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The Tragic Story of Nling

General Info

  • Website

    Ouat Media is the distributor for 'Nling'. Their website is ouatmedia.com/
  • Influences

    If Samuel Beckett made animated shorts, he would’ve created something along the lines of Jeffrey St. Jules’ weirdly hilarious story of an alcoholic man and a talking donkey plotting to escape a post-apocalyptic garbage dump. The brilliant animated effects and the hypnotically eccentric story provides a remarkable achievement. It captivates the cerebral regions while tickling the funny bone. For its sheer audacity and striking originality, this is the year’s best short subject. - FILM THREAT MAGAZINE
  • Directors

    Written and Directed by Jeffrey St.Jules
    Produced by Larissa Giroux
    Edited by Randy Zimmer
    Music by Darren Fung
    Cinematography by D. Gregor Hagey
    Starring Tom Barnett and John Neville

    Director’s bio:

    Jeffrey St.Jules grew up in Fall River, Nova Scotia. He holds a BFA in Film Production from Concordia University and is an alumni of the Canadian Film Centre’s Director’s Lab. His writing and directing credits include THE SADNESS OF JOHNSON JOE JANGLES, which won him Best Emerging Filmmaker at the 2005 Worldwide Short Film Festival and THE TRAGIC STORY OF NLING, which screened at the Sundance Film Festival in 2007. In 2005 Jeffrey was the first Canadian to be invited to attend the Cannes Festival Residence in Paris where he developed the feature script, THE LONG AUTUMN. He is also working on several music video projects as well as teaming up once again with producer Larissa Giroux on a surreal musical feature entitled BANG BANG BABY.

  • Awards

    Best Canadian Short Film: Just for Laughs Festival.
    Honorable mention for best short film: Nashville Film Festival.
    Merit Award for Animation: Arizona Film Festival
    Special mention for achievement in non-traditional Animation: 1 Reel Film Festival
    Bronze award winner: Toronto After Dark Film Festival

  • Festivals

    SUNDANCE Film Festival 2007,
    Toronto International Film Festival 2006,
    Aspen Shortsfest 2007,
    Worldwide Short Film Festival 2007,
    Sudbury Cinefest 2006,
    NSI Film Exchange 2007,
    Victoria Independent Film and Video Festival 2007
    Next Film Festival (Bucharest, Romania)2007,
    Lisbon Independent Film Festival 2007,
    Nashville Film Festival 2007,
    Arizona Film Festival 2007,
    Silver Lake Film Festival 2007,
    Cracow Film Festival,
    Sarasota Film Festival 2007,
    Expresion en corto (Mexico)
    Belo Horizonte Film Festival(Brazil)
    just for Laughs Festival (Montreal)
    Dokufest(Kosovo)
    Atlantic Film Festival 2007
    1 Reel Film Festival 2007
    Calgary Film Festival 2007
    AFI FEST - Los Angeles 2007
    St.Louis Film Festival 2007

Blurbs

About me:

OFFICIAL SITE

SYNOPSIS

Nling is an impenetrable walled slum city whose inhabitants are cut off from the world outside. In this redemption story, animated entirely with paper print outs, a Nlingian man and his best friend Donkey tunnel beneath the wall to find food and alcohol.

TECHNIQUE

Each frame of this film was printed out on a consumer printer, cut out by hand and rephotographed with a desktop scanner

FESTIVALS AND AWARDS

SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL: OFFICIAL SELECTION

TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: OFFICIAL SELECTION

WINNER: BEST CANADIAN SHORT FILM: JUST FOR LAUGHS FESTIVAL

WINNER: HONOURABLE MENTION FOR BEST SHORT FILM: NASHVILLE FILM FESTIVAL

WINNER: MERIT AWARD FOR ANIMATION: ARIZONA FILM FESTIVAL

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Details

  • Status: Single
  • Height: 0' 1"
  • Zodiac Sign: Virgo

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