Mindscape (1976 film)

Mindscape (Le Paysagiste) is a 1976 pinscreen animation short film by Jacques Drouin, produced by the National Film Board of Canada.

It was Drouin's second pinscreen work, after his 1974 work Trois exercices sur l'écran d'épingles d'Alexeieff, and received tremendous international recognition.

A film without dialogue, Mindscape shows an artist stepping inside his painting and wandering through a symbolically rich landscape. The film had a budget of $38,740.

Awards

 * Ottawa International Animation Festival, Ottawa: Special Jury Award, 1976
 * CINANIMA International Animated Film Festival, Espinho, Portugal - Silver Dolphin for the Best Film 3–11 minutes (tie), 1977
 * Chicago International Film Festival, Chicago: Bronze Hugo, 1977
 * Columbus International Film & Animation Festival, Columbus, Ohio: Chris Bronze Plaque, 1977
 * Linz International Short Film Festival, Linz: Special Award for Best Musical Adaptation for a Film, 1977
 * Yorkton Film Festival, Yorkton: Golden Sheaf Award for Best Animated Film, 1977
 * Golden Gate International Film Festival, San Francisco: Diploma for Outstanding Achievement, 1977
 * International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Oberhausen: Diploma of Honour by the International Jury, 1977
 * HEMISFILM, San Antonio, TX: Bronze Medal, 1977
 * Virgin Islands International Animated Film Festival, St. Thomas: Silver Venus for Best Short Film, 1977
 * Long Island Film Festival, Long Island: Golden Image Award, First Prize, 1977
 * American Film and Video Festival, New York: Red Ribbon, Visual Essays, 1978
 * Baltimore Film Festival, Baltimore: First Prize, Best Film of the Festival, 1978
 * Baltimore Film Festival, Baltimore: First Prize, Animation, 1978
 * Southwest Film Festival, Tulsa: First Prize, Professional, 1978
 * Kenyon Film Festival, Gambier, Ohio: First Jury Prize, 1978
 * Athens Short Film Festival, Athens, Georgia: Award of Merit, 1978