This Magnificent Cake! is a stop motion animated short film released in 2018, directed by Marc James Roels and Emma de Swaef.Ellen Wolff, "The Many Layers of ‘This Magnificent Cake!’" . Animation Magazine, 19 October 2018. A coproduction of companies from Belgium, France and the Netherlands, the film centres on the history of Belgian colonialism in Africa.Chris Robinson, "Marc James Roels and Emma De Swaef Return with ‘This Magnificent Cake’" . Animation World Network, 21 June 2018.
The film premiered in the Directors' Fortnight program at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.Agnès Le Morvan, "Cinéma. Vivement lundi ! à Cannes avec « Ce magnifique gâteau »" . Ouest-France, 17 April 2018.
Cast Wim Willaert: Van Molle Paul Huvenne: Goua Grovogui: the lost carrier Sébastien Dewaele: Pierre Jan Decleir: the king Michel Kossi: Ota's brother Bruno Levie: Georges Gaston Motambo: Ota Alexander Rolies: Little Philippe Dirk Rypens: the soulful man on the boat Anna Schoonbroodt: mother Jamal Tahri: the angry neighbor Angelo Tijssens: Louis Aziz Azam, Sébastien Brodzic, Walter Canipel, Xavier Dumont, Michel Gallois, Michèle Hublau, Juan Maldonado and Céline Seutin : additional voices
Awards It won the André-Martin Prize for a French short film at the 2018 edition of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival,Ramin Zahed, "‘La Chute,’ ‘Magnificent Cake’ Among Winners at Annecy" . Animation World Network, 15 June 2018. the Grand Prix at the 2018 Animafest Zagreb,Thomas J. Maclean, "‘La Chute,’ ‘This Magnificent Cake!’ Earn Animfest Zagreb Honors" . Animation World Network, 13 June 2018. the Grand Prize at the 2018 Ottawa International Animation Festival,Amin Amidi, "‘Solar Walk,’ ‘This Magnificent Cake!’ Take Top Prizes At Ottawa 2018" . Cartoon Brew, 29 September 2018. and the National Grand Prix at the 2019 Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival.Jennifer Wolfe, "‘This Magnificent Cake!’ Wins Top National Prize at Clermont-Ferrand Festival" . Animation World Network, 11 February 2019.
At the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival, it received an honorable mention for the Best International Short Film award.Jeremy Kay, "'Green Book' boosts awards season prospects with TIFF audience award win" . Screen Daily, 16 September 2018.
It received a César Award nomination for Best Animated Short Film at the 45th César Awards in 2020."'Ce magnifique gâteau!' en lice pour le César du 'Meilleur court-métrage d'animation' . RTBF, 29 January 2020.
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