''Carface'' () is a 2015

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animated short film by Claude Cloutier in which

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s sing and dance while the Earth slides toward environmental ruin.

Summary

The film's central character is a 1957

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that sings " Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)."

Accolades

The film received the Prix Guy-L.-Coté Best Canadian Animation Film at the Sommets du cinéma d'animation in Montreal, and was selected as one of Canada's submissions for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. The film was a

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nominee for Best Animated Short Film at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards, and won the Québec Cinéma Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 18th Quebec Cinema Awards. It also won a Golden Sheaf Award for Best

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at the 2016

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