The
NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA
presents
2017 | 15 min
Animation Technique: 3D/2D Hybrid
Skin for Skin is a dark allegory of greed and spiritual reckoning set during the early days of the fur trade.
In 1823, the Governor of the largest fur-trading company in the world travels across his Dominion, extracting ever-greater riches from the winter bounty of animal furs. In his brutal world of profit and loss, animals are slaughtered to the brink of extinction until the balance of power shifts, and the forces of nature exact their own terrible price.
"The Congress of Animal Souls must be heard!!!"
Abraham Castillo Flores,
Head of Film Programming - MorbidoFest - Mexico City
Want to know more about how this film was made? Check out our blog to see behind the scenes!
Galleries
Natural World
Supernatural World
Process
AWARDS
2018
Audience Award
Conscious Cartoons Animaton Festival - Vashon Island, Washington
Audience Award
Scenic City Film Festival - Owen Sound, Ontario
Special Distinction Award
SICAF Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival - South Korea
Vimeo Staff Pick September 2018
Best of Festival
Best Animation
Yorkton Film Festival - Yorkton, Saskatchewan
Best Animated Production or Series - Bonnie Thompson
Best Director (Drama under 30 minutes) - Kevin D.A. Kurytnik & Carol Beecher
Best Overall Sound (Drama under 30 minutes) - Frank Laratta
AMPIA Rosie Awards - Alberta
Best from Away
FAVA FEST - Edmonton, Alberta
AMPIA Rosie Awards Nominees:
Best Screenwriter Drama under 30 minutes (Kevin D.A. Kurytnik & Carol Beecher)
Best Production Designer/Art Director (Kevin D.A. Kurytnik & Lyndon Navalta)
Best Original Musical Score Drama Under 30 Minutes (Frank Laratta)
Official Competition - Anima Mundi International Animation Festival, Brazil
Official Competition - Best Animation - Yorkton Film Festival - Yorkton, Saskatchewan
Nominee Lodestar Award - Dawson City Short Film Festival, Yukon
Official Competition - Anima Brussels Animation Festival - Belgium
Nominee IMDbPro Shorts Award - Miami International Film Festival - USA
Official Competition - Melbourne International Animation Festival - Australia
2017
Silver Skull Outstanding Award International Short Film
Morbido Fest - Mexico City
Grand Jury Award Best Short Film (Animation) - Oscar qualifying
Edmonton International Film Festival - Alberta
Best Overall Short (Live Action or Animated) - Oscar qualifying
Calgary International Film Festival - Alberta
Audience Favorite Best Alberta Short
Calgary International Film Festival - Alberta
Best Canadian Animation
GIRAF - Quickdraw Animation Society - Calgary, Alberta
Honorable Mention Best Film 5-25 minutes
Cinanima International Animation Festival - Espinho, Portugal
Official Competition - Quebec City International Film Festival
Official Competition - Best Canadian Animation - Ottawa International Animation Festival
Kudos
“We are in awe of your work, it is one of most powerful and mystical works I have experienced. You guys managed to channel the haunted voice of the fauna and flora of Canada into film. We are certain that this dark tale from the past will help illuminate the present and generate debate and introspection. We are honored to have it in our line up.”
Abraham Castillo Flores
Programmer
Morbidofest 2017
Mexico City
“Extremely rich with technical skills. A dramatic story in a powerful film.”
Jury statement
Cinanima Festival 2017
Espinho, Portugal
Jury:
Michael Dudok de Wit
Academy Award winning animator for his short film
Father and Daughter, and nominated for his feature film The Red Turtle
Paulo Trancoso
Portuguese live action film producer, Night Train to Lisbon, Queen Margot
Ferenc Mikulás
Director, Kecskeméti Animation Film Festival, Hungary
“Kick-ass revenge myth that re-imagines the Canadian fur trade. Trippy and unforgettable.” / “A breathtaking journey of imagination and style with spellbinding visual transitions. A tour de force of the animation art form.” / “I’ve never seen a more courageous, unapologetic juxtaposition of man’s greed and the sacredness of the universe. All art struggles to point where Skin for Skin stares.”
Jury statements
Edmonton International Film Festival 2017
SCREENINGS
2018
Conscious Cartoons International Animation Festival - Vashon Island, Washington
Scenic City Film Festival - Owen Sound, Ontario
SICAF Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival, Korea
Hiroshima International Animation Festival - Best of the World 3, Japan
FIC Monterrey Film Festival - Morbidofest The Human Enemy program, Mexico
Open Air Film Festival - Weiterstadt, Germany
Zagreb World Festival of Animated Film - Horror Animation program, Croatia
Anima Mundi International Animation Festival, Rio deJaneiro & Sao Paulo, Brazil
Yorkton Film Festival - Yorkton, Sask
FAVA FEST, Best of the Region - Edmonton, Alberta
Dawson City International Short Film Festival - Yukon
Miami International Film Festival, Fight Like a Girl Short Films program - Florida
Alberta College of Art + Design, Skin for Skin: Art + Process special screening/exhibition Objects in Motion, Living Things International Arts Festival - Kelowna, B.C.
Anima Brussels Animation Film Festival - Belgium
Melbourne International Animation Festival - Australia
2017
Fantasia International Film Festival, World Premiere - Montreal, Quebec
Ottawa International Animation Festival, Canadian Panorama - Ontario
Calgary International Film Festival, Frame by Frame Shorts Program - Alberta
Edmonton International Film Festival, Canadiana Shorts programme - Alberta
Quebec City International Film Festival - Quebec City, Quebec
Cinanima International Animation Festival - Espinho, Portugal
Morbido Film Fest - Mexico City, Mexico
SPARK Animation Festival - Vancouver , B.C.
GIRAF Giant Incandescent Resonating Animation Festival - Calgary, Alberta
credits
Written and Directed by
Kevin D. A. Kurytnik & Carol Beecher
Producer
Bonnie Thompson
Producer
Carol Beecher for Fifteen Pound Pink Productions
Executive Producer
David Christensen
Story Team
William Dyer
Danielle Bazinet
Jon Jon Atienza
Nic Wassill
Lyndon Navalta
Ryder McLean
Storyboard Artists
Danielle Bazinet
Kevin D.A. Kurytnik
Editing
Carol Beecher
Art Direction
Kevin D.A. Kurytnik
Assistant Art Direction
Lyndon Navalta
Production Manager
Carol Beecher
Production Design
Kevin D.A. Kurytnik
Danielle Bazinet
Lyndon Navalta
Lead Colour Artist / Compositor
Lyndon Navalta
Colour Artist / Compositor
William Dyer
Court Brinsmead
Technical Director
William Dyer
Texture Artist
Danielle Bazinet
Character Design
Douglas Nhung
Julianna Michek
Concept Artists
Lyndon Navalta
Hunter Bonyun
Ryder McLean
Eran Fowler
Cynthia Ward
Pre-viz Modeler
Justin Goran
3D Modeler
Nic Wassill
Assistant Modelers
Ryder McLean
Blake Figol
Lighting & Effects / Compositor
Jon Jon Atienza
Effects / Compositor
Brian Batista
Lighting
David Reynolds
Blake Figol
Animation Supervisors
Carol Beecher
William Dyer
Lead 3D Animator
William Dyer
Layout / Animation
Carol Beecher
Court Brinsmead
Ryder McLean
Blake Figol
Nic Wassill
Rigging
Jon Jon Atienza
Ryder McLean
Price Morgan
Production Interns
Shawna Saunders – 3D Animation
Alexandra Hodgson, Danielle Vuono – Texture/VFX
Lauren Shipton – Texture/Typography
Balbina Argenti, Lee Jang, Kelly-Ann Desouza – 2D Rotoscope
Milan Bojanic – Texture/VFX/Lighting
Kristy Lannan – VFX/Compositing
Lead Researcher
Carol Beecher
Research Assistants
Emma Rouleau
David McGonigal
Production Assistants
Guilia Comin
Ryley Bryanton
Adam Muhieddine
Christina Mah
Technical Consultants
Sean Craig
Steve Kahwati
Seneca College, Toronto, Ontario
Sound Team
Supervising Sound Editor
Frank Laratta
Sound Editors
Brent Planiden
Matt Coffey
Tyler Rambie
Foley
Matt Coffey
Tyler Rambie
Re-recording Mixers
Brent Planiden
Frank Laratta
Sound Team
Voice Group
Paul Boucher
Inouk Touzin
Stéphane Prevost
Stephan Gabriele
Jim Ripley
Roger Rhodes
Music Score & Sound Design
Frank Laratta
Audio Post Production Facility
Propeller Studios Inc., Calgary, Alberta
Sound Team
Piper
Owen Bonnar
Traditional Songs
A Saint-Malo, Alouette
Passant par Paris, C’est l’aviron
Blue Bonnets, o’er the Border
Additional Sound Editing
Jimmy Bustos
Ryan Von Hagen
Post Production
Jump Studios, Calgary, Alberta
with thanks to Brian Vos and Jennifer Avis
Colourist
Jeff August
Nick Zacharkiw
Online Editor
Brock Roberts
With the support of
Alberta College of Art + Design
special thanks to Dr. Daniel Doz + Marc Scholes
Thanks
Peterborough Canoe Museum
Museum of Canadian History
Manitoba Museum
Archives of Manitoba – Hudson’s Bay Company Archives
Royal Alberta Museum
Fort Edmonton Park
The Fur Trade at Lachine National Historic Site
David Williams Boat Tours – 1000 Islands
Les Excursions Rapides Lachine – Montreal
Blue Canoe – Discover Banff Tours
Heritage Park – Calgary
Glenbow Museum
Library and Archives Canada
Theatre Calgary
Production Coordinators
Ginette D’Silva
Faye Yoneda
Jasmine Pullukatt
Marketing Manager
Leslie Stafford
Program Administrators
Bree Beach
Ginette D’Silva
Production Supervisors
Mark Power
Esther Viragh
Centre Operations Manager
Darin Clausen
Executive Director English Program
Michelle Van Beusekom