CODA
Seen it?2014 | 10 min | Animation, Music
Friday Night Flickearly ratingWhy it’s a Friday Night Flick
Critics loved it (94% on Rotten Tomatoes), it won 4 Oscars and it's still drawing plenty of interest. Make plans for this one.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for animation lovers.
- The mood
- Feel-good.
- The pace
- Moves along nicely, at 10 min.
- What might put you off
- No age rating on record, so check it first for young kids.
This short animation draws on advanced digital technologies to offer a new vision of dance in cinema. With motion capture (MoCap) and particle processing, designers Denis Poulin and Martine Époque create virtual dancers free of their morphological appearance. In this balletic and hypnotic film, dynamic traces carry the motion of the real dancers behind the on-screen movements. Addressing environmental themes by way of metaphor, CODA is a fused universe where space and time collide, deploy, and dissolve. In this technically and formally innovative film, luminous bodies in the infinite space of the cosmos transform and evolve to the rhythms of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsVery strong
94% on Rotten Tomatoes, 72 on Metacritic
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsVery strong
Won 4 Oscars: Academy Awards: Best Picture, Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor, Academy Awards: Best Adapted Screenplay, Academy Awards: Best Woman's Breakthrough Performance. Won 2 SAG Awards: Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role. Won 3 BAFTAs: British Academy Film Awards: Best Supporting Actor, British Academy Film Awards: Best Adapted Screenplay, British Academy Film Awards: Studio or Independent Feature – Drama. Won 1 Critics' Choice Award: Critics' Choice Movie Awards: Best Supporting Actor. Won 1 WGA Award: Writers Guild of America Awards: Best Adapted Screenplay. Won 1 PGA Award: Producers Guild of America Awards: Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures. Won 1 Independent Spirit Award: Independent Spirit Awards: Best Supporting Male. Also nominated for 4 more Oscars, 2 Golden Globes and 1 more BAFTA. Plus 16 other awards.
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactStrong
About 668K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Martine Époque, Denis Poulin
- Brianna LombardoDancer
- Robert MeilleurDancer
- Frédérick GravelDancer
- Séverine LombardoDancer