“Outsiders call Chełm the village of idiots," Shmendrick explains, "but our rabbi said we were a city of natural geniuses, with our own way of figuring things out.”
With muted, mesmerizing illustrations and heavy accordion-based music, the film follows Shmendrick as he sets out on a journey away from home for the first time. But along his journey from Chełm to Warsaw, He decides to have a rest. He then eats some food that he brought with him and then has a sleep. Afterwards, Shmendrick awakens and continues his journey. But as he travels, he comes upon a city that is eerily similar to the one he left behind. The rest of us might think Shmendrik just took a wrong turn and ended up back home, but for Shmendrik, this discovery sheds light on holy teachings: “the Talmud tells us that the world is everywhere the same," he recalls.
village, idiots, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, march, 201. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Village of Idiots news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2010 Learn how and when to remove this message Village of Idiots is a short animated comedy based on the classic humorous Jewish folk tales about the Wise Men of Chelm directed and animated by Eugene Fedorenko and Rose Newlove written by John Lazarus and produced by the National Film Board of Canada NFB 1 Fedorenko is the Academy Award winning animator of the 1979 NFB short Every Child In 1999 it was one of four films in the 1st Annual Animation Show of Shows Village of IdiotsDirected byEugene FedorenkoRose NewloveWritten byJohn LazarusProduced byJohn SpottonJohn TaylorDennis MurphyGerry FlahiveBarrie Angus McLeanDavid VerrallNarrated byNicholas RiceDistributed byNational Film Board of CanadaRelease date1999 1999 Running time13 minutesCountryCanadaLanguageEnglish Contents 1 Summary 2 Awards 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksSummary edit Outsiders call Chelm the village of idiots Shmendrick explains but our rabbi said we were a city of natural geniuses with our own way of figuring things out With muted mesmerizing illustrations and heavy accordion based music the film follows Shmendrick as he sets out on a journey away from home for the first time But along his journey from Chelm to Warsaw He decides to have a rest He then eats some food that he brought with him and then has a sleep Afterwards Shmendrick awakens and continues his journey But as he travels he comes upon a city that is eerily similar to the one he left behind The rest of us might think Shmendrik just took a wrong turn and ended up back home but for Shmendrik this discovery sheds light on holy teachings the Talmud tells us that the world is everywhere the same he recalls The above turn of the plot is a retelling of the short story by Isaac Bashevis Singer When Shlemiel Went to Warsaw Awards editCINANIMA International Animated Film Festival Espinho Portugal RTP Internacional Jury Honorable Mention 1999 CINANIMA International Animated Film Festival Espinho Portugal Special Jury Award 1999 CINANIMA International Animated Film Festival Espinho Portugal Audience Award 1999 Vancouver International Film Festival Vancouver Best Animated Film 1999 Montreal World Film Festival Montreal FIPRESCI Award International Federation of Film Critics 1999 Montreal World Film Festival Montreal Second Prize Short Films 1999 Writers Guild of Canada Best Script to John Lazarus 1999 Castelli Animati Genzano di Roma Italy Grand Prize 2000 Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival Vila do Conde Portugal Grand Prize for Animation 2000 International Jewish Video Competition of the Judah L Magnes Museum Berkeley California First Prize Animation 2000 Hiroshima International Animation Festival Hiroshima Japan Renzo Kinoshita Award 2000 Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films Palm Springs California Second Place Animation 2000 Animafest Zagreb Zagreb Croatia Second Prize 2000 Message to Man International Film Festival St Petersburg Russia Centaur Award for Best Animation 2000 Annecy International Animation Film Festival Annecy France Special Jury Award 2000 Brisbane International Film Festival Brisbane Australia Special Jury Award 2000 Melbourne International Animation Festival Melbourne Award for Best of International Session 6 2001 California SUN International Animation Festival Los Angeles Silver Star Award for Best Experimental Animation 2001 21st Genie Awards Toronto Genie Award for Best Animated Short 2001 New York International Children s Film Festival New York Grand Prize Audience Award 2002See also editThe Witch from Melchet Street A Story about a Bad Dream Alan and NaomiReferences edit Village of Idiots National Film Board of Canada Web site Retrieved 1 June 2009 External links editVillage of Idiots at IMDb nbsp Watch Village of Idiots on the NFB website nbsp This article related to a short animated film of the 1990s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Village of Idiots amp oldid 1212025815, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
