CRAC!

"I wasn't at Annecy, but my producer, Hubert Tison, told me that when the film was screened, everyone in the theatre started tapping their feet and clapping their hands to the Quebec folk music! It was an instant hit. However, the president of the jury that year was a contemporary composer and he didn't really appreciate our digs in the music accompanying the art museum scenes. But that didn't stop Crac! from winning the prize!"
F.B.

Grand Prize at the 4^th International Film Festival, Odense, Denmark

Golden Sheaf Award for Best Film Production of the Festival at the 17^th Short Film & Video Festival, Yorkton, Canada

Gold Plaque animation prize at the 17^th International Film Festival, Chicago, USA

First Prize in the Short Film category at the 5^th International Animated Film Festival, Espinho, Portugal

1982

City of Stuttgart Award at the International Festival of Animated Film, Stuttgart, Germany

Anik Award in the Graphic Arts category, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Oscar® for Best Animated Short Film at the 57^th Annual Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Awards, Los Angeles, USA

"I'd been having problems with my eye, which had rejected a corneal transplant; so we decided that my producer, Hubert Tison, should go to Los Angeles to collect the Oscar® if Crac! won. When he got there, Hubert realized he simply couldn't attend the ceremony without me. So I took the plane on Monday morning without telling anyone at Radio-Canada, and after pleading with my wife to keep the trip a secret from my children, who would have been worried about me. Once I got there, we had to run around to get tickets, and I didn't have time to find a tuxedo. So the international relations representative lent me his. The only problem was he was a head taller than I, so I had to hitch the pants right up to my chest and my fingers were barely showing past the sleeves! It was in that fetching attire that I stepped onto the stage to collect my award! Imagine the surprise of my children, gathered around the TV with their mother, who hadn't breathed a word to them! When we left the ceremony, it was pelting down with rain and I had to hide the Oscar under my large jacket to keep it from getting wet as we tried to find a cab. It was just like a scene in an animation film!"
F.B.

Silver Venus Award at the International Film Festival, Houston, USA

Grand Prize at the 4^th International Animation Festival, Ottawa, Canada

Ruby Slipper Award for Best Animation Short at the International Children's Film Festival, Los Angeles, USA

Silver Dove in the Animated Films and Videos category at the 25^th International Festival for Documentary and Animated Film, Leipzig, Germany

Gold Danzante for Best Animated Film and Audience Award for Best Film of the Festival at the International Film Festival, Huesca, Spain

Voted Outstanding Academic Film of 1982 by Choice magazine

1983

First Prize for Applied and Performing Arts at the International Education Film Festival, Birmingham, USA

Best Short Film at the 17^th Annual Hemisfilm International Festival, San Antonio, USA

Henry Fonda Award at the River City Film Conference, Omaha, USA

Special Prize at the International Short Film Festival, Murcia, Spain

Chairman's Award at the National Educational Film & Video Festival, Oakland, USA

Honourable Mention at the International Film Festival, Baltimore, USA

1984

Voted 6^th among the 50 greatest masterpieces of the World Animation Set at the Olympiad of Animation, Los Angeles, USA

1991

Audience Award at the 30^th International Animated Film Festival, Annecy, France. The competition included the best animated films in the thirty years of the festival.

First Prize in the Short Animated Film category at the 4^th International Children's Film Festival, Bogotá, Colombia