| Movements of the Body | |
| Director: | Wayne Traudt |
| Producer: | Wayne Traudt |
| Animator: | Wayne Traudt |
| Studio: | Quickdraw Animation Society |
| Distributor: | National Film Board of Canada |
| Country: | Canada |
Movements of the Body is a Canadian animated film series created by Wayne Traudt, consisting of the films 1st Movement: The Gesture (1994), 2nd Movement: The Drawing (1996) and 3rd Movement: The Coloring (1997).[1] Produced for the Calgary-based Quickdraw Animation Society,[2] the three films each depict the motion of a body through various stages of the figure drawing process.[3]
1st Movement: The Gesture premiered at the 1994 Cinanima festival, where it won the award for best film,[3] and was subsequently screened in the International Critics' Week at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.[4] It was a Genie Award nominee for Best Theatrical Short Film at the 16th Genie Awards.[5] and won the Rosie Award for Best Animation at the 1995 Alberta Film and Television Awards[6] and the award for Best Animation at the 1995 Yorkton Film Festival.[7]