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2018 Belgian film
This Magnificent Cake!
French Ce magnifique gàteau !
Directed by Marc James Roels Emma de Swaef Written by Marc James Roels Emma de Swaef Produced by Steven de Beul Ben Tesseur Koen Vermaanen Cinematography Marc James Roels Animation by Iris Alexandre Élodie Bonnaure Andreas de Ridder Mirjam Plettinx Patricia Sourdes Production companies
Beast Animation Vivement Lundi Pedri Animation
Distributed by Cinemien
GKIDS Release date
May 14, 2018 (2018-05-14 ) (
Cannes )
Running time
44 minutes Countries Belgium France Netherlands Languages French Dutch
This Magnificent Cake! is a
stop motion animated short film released in 2018, directed by Marc James Roels and Emma de Swaef.
[1] A coproduction of companies from Belgium, France and the Netherlands, the film centres on the history of Belgian colonialism in
Africa .
[2]
The film premiered in the
Directors' Fortnight program at the
2018 Cannes Film Festival .
[3]
Cast
Wim Willaert : Van Molle
Paul Huvenne:
Goua Grovogui: the lost carrier
Sébastien Dewaele: Pierre
Jan Decleir : the king
Michel Kossi: Ota's brother
Bruno Levie: Georges
Gaston Motambo: Ota
Alexander Rolies: Little Philippe
Dirk Rypens: the soulful man on the boat
Anna Schoonbroodt: mother
Jamal Tahri: the angry neighbor
Angelo Tijssens: Louis
Aziz Azam, Sébastien Brodzic, Walter Canipel, Xavier Dumont, Michel Gallois, Michèle Hublau, Juan Maldonado and Céline Seutin : additional voices
Awards
It won the André-Martin Prize for a French short film at the 2018 edition of the
Annecy International Animation Film Festival ,
[4] the Grand Prix at the 2018
Animafest Zagreb ,
[5] the Grand Prize at the 2018
Ottawa International Animation Festival ,
[6] and the National Grand Prix at the 2019
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival .
[7]
At the
2018 Toronto International Film Festival , it received an honorable mention for the
Best International Short Film award.
[8]
It received a
César Award nomination for
Best Animated Short Film at the
45th César Awards in 2020.
[9]
References
^ Ellen Wolff,
"The Many Layers of ‘This Magnificent Cake!’"
Archived 2023-07-15 at the
Wayback Machine .
Animation Magazine , 19 October 2018.
^ Chris Robinson,
"Marc James Roels and Emma De Swaef Return with ‘This Magnificent Cake’"
Archived 2023-05-28 at the
Wayback Machine .
Animation World Network , 21 June 2018.
^ Agnès Le Morvan,
"Cinéma. Vivement lundi ! à Cannes avec « Ce magnifique gâteau »"
Archived 2023-07-15 at the
Wayback Machine .
Ouest-France , 17 April 2018.
^ Ramin Zahed,
"‘La Chute,’ ‘Magnificent Cake’ Among Winners at Annecy"
Archived 2023-07-15 at the
Wayback Machine .
Animation World Network , 15 June 2018.
^ Thomas J. Maclean,
"‘La Chute,’ ‘This Magnificent Cake!’ Earn Animfest Zagreb Honors"
Archived 2023-07-15 at the
Wayback Machine .
Animation World Network , 13 June 2018.
^ Amin Amidi,
"‘Solar Walk,’ ‘This Magnificent Cake!’ Take Top Prizes At Ottawa 2018"
Archived 2023-07-15 at the
Wayback Machine .
Cartoon Brew , 29 September 2018.
^ Jennifer Wolfe,
"‘This Magnificent Cake!’ Wins Top National Prize at Clermont-Ferrand Festival"
Archived 2023-07-15 at the
Wayback Machine .
Animation World Network , 11 February 2019.
^ Jeremy Kay,
"'Green Book' boosts awards season prospects with TIFF audience award win"
Archived 2020-08-01 at the
Wayback Machine .
Screen Daily , 16 September 2018.
^
"'Ce magnifique gâteau!' en lice pour le César du 'Meilleur court-métrage d'animation'
Archived 2023-07-15 at the
Wayback Machine .
RTBF , 29 January 2020.
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