Noah (2013 film)

Noah is a Canadian short drama film, released in 2013.[1] Written and directed by Walter Woodman and Patrick Cederberg as a class project when they were film students at Ryerson University,[2] the film tells the story of Noah's (Sam Kantor) breakup with his girlfriend Amy (Caitlin McConkie-Pirie) entirely through Noah's use of computer applications such as Facebook, Skype, YouTube, Chatroulette and iTunes.[3]

Noah
Film poster
Directed byWalter Woodman
Patrick Cederberg
Produced byWalter Woodman
Patrick Cederberg
Matthew Hornick
Written byWalter Woodman
Patrick Cederberg
StarringSam Kantor
Caitlin McConkey-Pirie
Nina Iordanova
Edited byPatrick Cederberg
Release date
  • September 2013 (2013-09) (TIFF)
Running time
17 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The film premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the award for Best Canadian Short Film.[4] It subsequently won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards.[5]

The film was also one of the inspirations for the Modern Family episode "Connection Lost".[6]

Woodman, Cederberg and Matthew Hornick, the film's coproducer, were subsequently active as the indie pop band Shy Kids, who received a Prism Prize nomination in 2016 for the animated music video for their single "Rockets".[7]

See also

References
  1. "You Need To See This 17-Minute Film Set Entirely On A Teen's Computer Screen". Co.create, September 10, 2013.
  2. "TIFF Profile: Patrick Cederberg and Walter Woodman, directors of Noah". Ryerson Folio, September 7, 2013.
  3. "How a Relationship Dies on Facebook". The New Yorker, September 13, 2013.
  4. "WME Signs Young Filmmaking Trio Behind Award-Winning Short 'Noah' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter, September 23, 2013.
  5. "Canadian Screen Awards 2014: Orphan Black, Gabrielle win". CBC News, March 9, 2014.
  6. "A new episode of 'Modern Family' was shot almost entirely on iPhones and iPads". Business Insider, February 18, 2015.
  7. "Here are all 20 videos on the Prism Prize long-list". chartattack.com, February 9, 2016.


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