''Tragic Story with Happy Ending'' (French: ''Histoire tragique avec fin heureuse'') is a 2005 animated short by Regina Pessoa.

Production

To make the 7 minute 43 second film, Pessoa's drawings were transferred to glossy paper, brushed with India ink, scratched with a blade to give the effect of an engraving, then photographed.

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film composer

Normand Roger Normand Roger (born 1949) is a Canadian composer, sound editor and sound designer. He is particularly known for his work as a composer of soundtracks for animated films, having composed more than 200 such works since 1970. He has also worked on ...

supplied the score for the film. The film was the second in a trilogy of animated shorts by Pessoa about childhood, between ''A Noite'' (1999) and '' Kali the Little Vampire''.

Reception

''Tragic Story with Happy Ending'' has received numerous awards, becoming one of Portugal's most acclaimed animated films. They include the Cristal and TPS Cineculte awards for short film at the

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, a special international jury prize at the Hiroshima International Animation Festival, and a

Genie Award The Genie Awards were given out annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to recognize the best of Canadian cinema from 1980–2012. They succeeded the Canadian Film Awards (1949–1978), known as the "Etrog Awards" for sculptor ...

nomination for

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at the

28th Genie Awards The 28th Genie Awards were held on March 3, 2008 to honour films released in 2007. The ceremony was held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The show was broadcast on E! and Independent Film Channel and hosted by ...

References

External links

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''Tragic Story with Happy Ending''
at Ciclope Films *{{NFB film, tragic_story_with_happy_ending Portuguese animated short films National Film Board of Canada animated short films 2005 animated short films French animated short films Films directed by Regina Pessoa Folimage films 2000s French animated films Canadian animated short films 2000s Canadian animated films Annecy Cristal–winning films