Choke (2011 film)

Choke is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Michelle Latimer and released in 2011.[1] Created by Latimer in conjunction with animator Terril Calder,[2] the film centres on a young First Nations man who leaves his remote northern reserve to move to the city, only to find life there much more difficult and challenging than he had imagined.

Choke
Directed byMichelle Latimer
Produced byMichelle Latimer
Written byMichelle Latimer
Edited byCam McLauchlin
Production
company
A71 Productions
Release date
  • January 23, 2011 (2011-01-23) (Sundance)
Running time
6 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The film premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival,[3] where it received an honorable mention in the short films category.[4]

It was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2011,[5] and subsequently received a Genie Award nomination for Best Animated Short Film at the 32nd Genie Awards in 2012.[6]

References
  1. Regan Reid, "Indigenous voices rising: Michelle Latimer". Playback, September 21, 2017.
  2. "‘Choke’ doesn’t win Genie'". Fort Frances Times, March 9, 2012.
  3. "Film about Burton Cummings attack among Canadian shorts going to Sundance: Film on Cummings attack to screen at Sundance". Canadian Press, December 6, 2010.
  4. Peter Sciretta, "2011 Sundance Film Festival Award Winners". SlashFilm, January 30, 2011.
  5. "The Festival group releases Canada's annual top ten". Postmedia News, December 7, 2011.
  6. Brian D. Johnson, "Quebec and Croneberg (sic) lead Genies". Maclean's, January 17, 2012.
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