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Awards
  
European Film Award for Best Animated Feature Film, César Award for Best Animated Film

Nominations
  
Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film, Caméra d'Or

Movies
  
My Life as a Courgette, Le Génie De La Boite De, Land of the Heads, Room 69, Animatou

Similar
  
Céline Sciamma, Michel Vuillermoz, Hannes Holm, Germano Zullo, Max Karli

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Claude Barras (born 1973) is a Swiss director.

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Barras was born in Sierre, Switzerland. He studied illustration and computer graphics at École Emile Cohl in Lyon. He received a degree in anthropology and digital images from Lyon, studied computer graphics at ECAL (École Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne) and worked as a freelance illustrator in Geneva.

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Throughout his career, Barras directed several short films, including The Genie in a Ravioli Can (2006). Barras' first full-length animated feature, My Life as a Courgette (2016), was presented at the Director's Fortnight of the Cannes Film Festival and received numerous awards at film festivals around the world. The film was selected as Switzerland's oficial entry for the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film.

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Filmography


  • My Life as a Courgette (2016) stop-motion 66' Rita Productions / Blue Spirit Productions / Gebeka Films / KNM
  • Chambre (2012) 69 stop-motion 3’ Helium Films / RTS
  • Zucchini (2010) film pilot, stop-motion 3’ Helium Films / Rita Productions / RTS
  • Au Pays Des Tetes (2008) (co-directed with Cédric Louis) stop-motion 5’ Helium Films / TSR / ONF. Animateka Lubjiana 2010 Audience Award – Slovenia, Australian International Film Festival 2009
  • Sainte Barbe (2007) (co-directed with Cédric Louis) stop-motion 8’ Helium Films / TSR / ONF
  • The Genie in a Ravioli Can (2006) stop-motion 7’ Helium Films / TSR
  • Ice Floe (2005) (co-directed with Cédric Louis) 2D animation 6’35’’ Helium Films / TSR
  • Stigmates (2002) 2D animation 3’30’’ Atelier Zérodeux
  • Casting Queen (1999) 3D animation 2’45’’ Ecal / Barrabas
  • Mélanie (1998) 2D animation4’22’’ Ecal / Barrabas

    • Accolades

    My Life as a Courgette (2016)
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  • Cannes Film Festival, Directors’ Fortnight (Quinzaine des réalisateurs) – May 2016
  • International Animation Film Festival, Annecy, Official competition – June 2016 / PUBLIC PRIZE AND CRISTAL FOR BEST FEATURE FILM
  • MIFF – Melbourne International Film Festival, (1st international screening) – July 2016 /AUDIENCE AWARD
  • FFA – Festival du film francophone d’Angoulême, Compétition – August 2016 / GRAND PRIX (Valois de Diamant)
  • TIFF – Toronto Internanational Film Festival – September 2016
    • The Genie in a Ravioli Can (2006)
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  • Anvers, European Youth Film Festival of Flanders, Best Short Film 2007
  • Bristol, Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival, New Talent Award 2006
  • Genève, Animatou Festival international du film d'animation – Genève, Prix du public Kodak, Meilleur court métrage 2006
  • Genève 11, FROG – Festival du Film Romand à Genève, Mention spéciale 2006
  • Melbourne, Australian International Film Festival, The Golden Spotlight Award – Best Short Film 2006
  • Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela – Festival Int. de Curta CURTOCIRCUITO, «Kodak 35 mm» Award for the Best Short Film shot on 35 mm 2006
  • Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage, Prix du Public SSA/Suissimage 2006

    • Claude Barras Claude Barras Annecy 2016 YouTube

    References

    Claude Barras Wikipedia
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