The End of Pinky

The End of Pinky
The End of Pinky
French	La Fin de Pinky
Directed by	Claire Blanchet
Screenplay by	Claire Blanchet
Based on	The End of Pinky; by Heather O'Neill
Produced by	Michael Fukushima
Starring	Marc-André Grondin
Music by	Geneviève Levasseur
Production; company	National Film Board of Canada
Release date	September 11, 2013 (TIFF);
Running time	8 minutes
Country	Canada
Languages	English; French;

The End of Pinky (French: La Fin de Pinky) is a 2013 Canadian stereoscopic National Film Board of Canada animated short directed by Claire Blanchet, based on a short story of the same name by Heather O'Neill. Described by the director as an "animated film noir set in a dream-like version of Montreal's Red Light District," the film is narrated in its English version by O'Neill and in French by Quebec actor Marc-André Grondin. Music for the film was composed by Genevieve Levasseur. O'Neill's story was originally published in the 2008 January–February edition of The Walrus. The film had its world premiere on September 11 in the Short Cuts Canada Programme of the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.^[1]^[2]^[3]

In December 2013, The End of Pinky was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual Canada's Top Ten list, in the short film category.^[4] The film was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Animated Short at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards in 2014.^[5]

References[edit]

^ Leighton, Heather (9 September 2013). "The End of Pinky to premiere at TIFF". The Rover. Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
^ Silverstein, Melissa (11 September 2013). "TIFF Women Directors: Meet Claire Blanchet" (interview). Indiewire. Retrieved 5 December 2013.^{[dead link]}
^ "Animation Noir". Border Crossings. No. 126. May 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
^ "TIFF's Top 10 films of 2013 taps Enemy, The F Word, Gabrielle". CBC News. 4 December 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
^ Mullen, Pat (13 January 2014). "'Enemy' Leads Canadian Screen Awards Nominations". Cinemablographer. Archived from the original on 8 April 2016.

External links[edit]

The End of Pinky at IMDb
"The End of Pinky", O'Neill's original story, and interview with Blanchet and O'Neill in The Walrus
Watch The End of Pinky on the NFB website
Film webpage at TIFF.net

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[Leighton-1] Leighton, Heather (9 September 2013). "The End of Pinky to premiere at TIFF". The Rover. Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2013.

[Silverstein-2] Silverstein, Melissa (11 September 2013). "TIFF Women Directors: Meet Claire Blanchet" (interview). Indiewire. Retrieved 5 December 2013.^{[dead link]}

[borders-3] "Animation Noir". Border Crossings. No. 126. May 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2013.

[4] "TIFF's Top 10 films of 2013 taps Enemy, The F Word, Gabrielle". CBC News. 4 December 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2013.

[5] Mullen, Pat (13 January 2014). "'Enemy' Leads Canadian Screen Awards Nominations". Cinemablographer. Archived from the original on 8 April 2016.

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