Aria
Directed byPjotr Sapegin
Written byBerit Reiss-Andersen
Produced byDavid Reiss-Andersen
Marcel Jean
CinematographyJanne Hansen
Edited byPål Gengenbach
Music byGiacomo Puccini
Normand Roger
Animation byPjotr Sapegin
Production
companies
Release date
  • September 23, 2001 (2001-09-23) (Cinéfest)
Running time
11 minutes
CountriesCanada
Norway

Aria is an animated short film, directed by Pjotr Sapegin and released in 2001.[1] A Canadian–Norwegian coproduction, the film is a stop-motion animation version of Madame Butterfly, set to an arrangement by Normand Roger of excerpts from Giacomo Puccini's original opera.[1]

The film was a Genie Award nominee for Best Animated Short at the 22nd Genie Awards in 2002,[2] and won an Amanda Award for Best Short Film at the Norwegian International Film Festival in 2002.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Marco de Blois, "Le suicide de Madame Butterfly: Aria de Pjotr Sapegin". 24 images, Vol. 109 (2002). p. 58.
  2. "Nominees for this year's Genie Awards". Toronto Star, December 13, 2001.
  3. Osman Kibar, "Chaos strikes twice at Haugesund". Screen Daily, August 28, 2002.


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