I Like Girls Explained

I Like Girls
Native Name:J'aime les filles
Director:Diane Obomsawin
Producer:Marc Bertrand
Music:Judith Gruber-Stitzer
Editing:Augustin Rioux
Studio:National Film Board of Canada
Runtime:8 minutes
Country:Canada
Language:French

I Like Girls (French: '''J'aime les filles''') is a Canadian short animated film, directed by Diane Obomsawin and released in 2016.[1] Based on Obomsawin's 2014 graphic novel On Loving Women,[2] the film features anthropomorphic animal characters acting out stories of lesbian same-sex attraction.[3]

The film won the prize for Best Short Film at the Ottawa International Animation Festival in 2016.[4] It was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Animated Short Film at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards,[5] and a nominee for Best Animated Short film at the 19th Quebec Cinema Awards.[6] It was submitted to the 2018 Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film,[7] but was not selected as a finalist.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The NFB Just Did Something Awesome For Women Filmmakers . . March 8, 2016.
  2. Web site: On Loving Women by Diane Obomsawin . . February 13, 2014 .
  3. Web site: Meet the queer and two-spirit Indigenous artists sharing their stories for ImagineNATIVE 2017 . . October 19, 2017.
  4. Web site: 'I Like Girls,' 'Louise en Hiver' Wins Top Prizes at Ottawa . . September 25, 2016.
  5. Web site: Écrans canadiens 2017: vers une domination québécoise? . . Manon . Dumais . March 11, 2017 . French .
  6. Web site: Dolan et Nguyen dominent la course aux prix Iris . . Manon . Dumais . April 6, 2017 . French .
  7. Web site: 2018 Oscars: 63 Animated Shorts Are Competing This Year . . October 30, 2017.