Mindscape

Mindscape is a 1976 pinscreen animation short film by Jacques Drouin, produced by the National Film Board of Canada. It was Drouin's second pinscreen work, after his 1974 work Trois exercices sur l'écran d'épingles d'Alexeieff, and received tremendous international recognition. A film without dialogue, Mindscape shows an artist stepping inside his painting and wandering through a symbolically rich landscape. The film had a budget of $38,740. Awards Ottawa International Animation Festival, Ottawa: Special Jury Award, 1976 CINANIMA International Animated Film Festival, Espinho, Portugal - Silver Dolphin for the Best Film 3-11 minutes (tie), 1977 Chicago International Film Festival, Chicago: Bronze Hugo, 1977 Columbus International Film & Animation Festival, Columbus, Ohio: Chris Bronze Plaque, 1977 Linz International Short Film Festival, Linz: Special Award for Best Musical Adaptation for a Film, 1977 Yorkton Film Festival, Yorkton: Golden Sheaf Award for Best Animated Film, 1977 Golden Gate International Film Festival, San Francisco: Diploma for Outstanding Achievement, 1977 International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Oberhausen: Diploma of Honour by the International Jury, 1977 HEMISFILM, San Antonio, TX: Bronze Medal, 1977 Virgin Islands International Animated Film Festival, St. Thomas: Silver Venus for Best Short Film, 1977 Long Island Film Festival, Long Island: Golden Image Award, First Prize, 1977 American Film and Video Festival, New York: Red Ribbon, Visual Essays, 1978 Baltimore Film Festival, Baltimore: First Prize, Best Film of the Festival, 1978 Baltimore Film Festival, Baltimore: First Prize, Animation, 1978 Southwest Film Festival, Tulsa: First Prize, Professional, 1978 Kenyon Film Festival, Gambier, Ohio: First Jury Prize, 1978 Athens Short Film Festival, Athens, Georgia: Award of Merit, 1978