Rowing Across the Atlantic

Rowing Across the Atlantic
Directed by	Jean-François Laguionie
Produced by	Jean-François Laguionie
Written by	Jean-François Laguionie Jean-Pierre Gaspari
Music by	Pierre Alrand
Edited by	Claude Reznik
Release dates	May 1978
Running time	21 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Rowing Across the Atlantic (French: La Traversée de l'Atlantique à la rame) is a 1978 French animated short film directed by Jean-François Laguionie. It tells the story of a couple who leave New York City in a rowing boat and spend their lives together in the Atlantic Ocean. The film was scripted by Laguionie and Jean-Paul Gaspari and features the voices of Charlotte Maury and Jean-Pierre Sentier. It premiered at the 1978 Cannes Film Festival and was released in French cinemas on 25 October 1978.^[1]

Accolades

The film won the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 1978 Cannes Film Festival, the Grand Prize at the 1978 Ottawa International Animation Festival and the César Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 4th César Awards.^[2]^[3]

References

↑ "La Traversée de l'Atlantique à la rame". Cinémathèque Française (in French). Retrieved 2016-11-02.
↑ "Récompenses et nominations pour le court-métrage La Traversee de l'Atlantique a la rame". AlloCiné (in French). Retrieved 2016-11-02.
↑ "La Traversée de l'Atlantique à la rame (Rowing across the Atlantic)". Ottawa International Animation Festival. Retrieved 2016-11-02.

Short Film Palme d'Or Winners

1950s	White Mane – Albert Lamorisse (1953) Blinkity Blank – Norman McLaren (1955) The Red Balloon – Albert Lamorisse (1956) Courte Histoire – Ion Popescu-Gopo (1957) N.Y., N.Y. – Francis Thompson (1959) Zmiana warty – Halina Bielinska and Wlodzimierz Haupe (1959)

1960s	La Petite cuillère – Carlos Vilardebo (1961) La Rivière du hibou – Robert Enrico (1961) À fleur d'eau – Alexander J. Seiler and Rob Gnant (1963) Le Haricot – Edmond Séchan (1963) Nyitany – János Vadász (1965) Skaterdater – Noel Black (1966) Sky Over Holland – John Fernhout (1967) Cîntecele Renasterii – Mirel Iliesiu (1969)

1970s	Magic Machines – Bob Curtis (1970) Le Fusil à lunette – Jean Chapot (1972) Balablok – Bretislav Pojar (1973) Ostrov – Fedor Khitrouk, Edouard Nazarov and Vladimir Zouïkov (1974) Lautrec – Geoff Dunbar (1975) Metamorphosis – Barry Greenwald (1976) The Struggle – Marcell Jankovics (1977) Rowing Across the Atlantic – Jean-François Laguionie (1978) Harpya – Raoul Servais (1979)

1980s	Seaside Woman – Oscar Grillo (1980) Moto perpetuo – Béla Vajda (1981) Merlin ou le cours de l'or – Arthur Joffé (1982) Je sais que j'ai tort mais demandez à mes copains ils disent la même chose – Pierre Levy (1983) Le Cheval de fer – Gérald Frydman and Pierre Levie (1984) Chiri – David Takaichvili (1984) Jenitba – Slav Bakalov and Rumen Petkov (1985) An Exercise in Discipline - Peel – Jane Campion (1986) Palisade – Laurie McInnes (1987) Vykrutasy – Garry Bardin (1988) 50 ans – Gilles Carle (1989)

1990s	The Lunch Date – Adam Davidson (1990) Z podniesionymi rekami – Mitko Panov (1991) Omnibus – Sam Karmann (1992) Coffee and Cigarettes (Somewhere in California) – Jim Jarmusch (1993) El Héroe– Carlos Carrera (1994) Gagarin– Alexij Kharitidi (1995) Szél– Marcell Iványi (1996) ...Is It the Design on the Wrapper? – Tessa Sheridan (1997) L'Interview – Xavier Giannoli (1998) When the Day Breaks – Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis (1999)

2000s	Anino – Raymond Red (2000) Bean Cake – David Greenspan (2001) Eso utan – Péter Mészáros (2002) Cracker Bag – Glendyn Ivin (2003) Trafic – Catalin Mitulescu (2004) Podorozhni – Igor Strembitsky (2005) Sniffer – Bobbie Peers (2006) Ver Llover – Elisa Miller (2007) Megatron – Marian Crisan (2008) Arena – João Salaviza (2009)

2010s	Chienne d'histoire – Serge Avédikian (2010) Cross – Maryna Vroda (2011) Sessiz-Be Deng – Rezan Yeşilbaş (2012) Safe – Byoung-gon Moon (2013) Leidi – Simón Mesa Soto (2014) Waves '98 – Ely Dagher (2015)

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