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23 Skidoo (film)

1964 film

Field	Value
name	23 Skidoo
image	23 Skidoo title.jpg
caption	Title card
director	Julian Biggs
producer	Guy Glover (exec.)
Julian Biggs
cinematography	Paul Leach
editing	Julian Biggs
Kathleen Shannon
studio	National Film Board of Canada
released
runtime	8 minutes
country	Canada

Julian Biggs Kathleen Shannon

23 Skidoo is a 1964 short experimental black-and-white film directed by Julian Biggs and produced by the National Film Board of Canada.

Synopsis

Its central images are "eerie" and "disturbing" scenes of downtown Montreal devoid of people. The film offers no explanation for what happened to the people until a scene in a newsroom where we glimpse a never-completed report about the explosion of the first neutron bomb.

Accolades

In 1965, the film was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Short Film. Also at the 1965 BAFTAs, it was nominated for the United Nations Award for "the best Film embodying one or more of the principles of the United Nations Charter in 1965" (Dr. Strangelove won the award). 23 Skidoo won "Special Mention" in the international competition at the 1965 Kraków Film Festival that year.

References

Notes

References

"23 Skidoo". National Film Board of Canada.
[http://www.nfb.ca/film/23_skidoo/ ''23 Skidoo''] at [[National Film Board of Canada]] website
(22 August 2008). "From the NFB archives: 23 Skidoo". Spacing Montreal.
[https://www.timeout.com/montreal/montreal-news/travel-through-time-with-this-spooky-short-film-of-an-abandoned-montreal-in-1964 Travel through time with this spooky short film of an abandoned Montreal in 1964. Time Out Montreal]
(2014). "World Politics on Screen: Understanding International Relations Through Popular Culture". University Press of Kentucky.
"BAFTA UN Award 1965". British Academy of Film & Television Awards.

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