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ANIMATED FILMS
1970 Screenplay, animation and production of ABRACADABRA, in collaboration with Graeme Ross. Submitted to animated film festival, Annecy, France; also for Danube award in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia and at the workshop on youth programs at European Broadcasting Union in Copenhagen. This film was sold to 9 foreign networks: in Holland, Sweden, France, Switzerland, Belgium, Monte-Carlo, Finland, Scotland and National Education Television in United States.
1971Screenplay, animation and production of INON OU LA CONQUETE DU FEU, music by Jean Cousineau.
1972Animated short film conceived by Frédéric Back on theme of the French CBC TV Network's twenty years of drama and comedy series. This special program "20 ans déjà" was produced by Maurice Dubois and telecast on "Les Beaux Dimanches", December 24.
1973Scenario, drawings and production of LA CREATION DES OISEAUX, music by Pierre F. Brault. This film won the first honourable mention at the Bratislava Festival of Children's Programs. It also won the Grand Prize for animated film at the International Film Festival of Yorkton, Saskatchewan.
1974Screenplay, animation and production of ILLUSION. Music and soundtrack by Normand Roger.
1975ILLUSION second prize at Bratislava Festival in Czechoslovakia, in September.
1976ILLUSION telecast on "Les Beaux Dimanches", on the French CBC Network in MontrÉal, March 21.
ILLUSION presented at Australian International Animated Film Festival, in May, then at the Cracow International Short Film Festival, in June.
At Australia International Animated Film Festival, ILLUSION awarded certificate of merit, in September.
1977ILLUSION first prize in TV film section at the Red Cross Festival in Bulgaria, in June.
ILLUSION awarded for the best film for children at 14th Yorkton Festival, Saskatchewan, in October.
ILLUSION first prize in "Nature and Environment" category at Paris International Short Film Festival, in November.
ILLUSION first prize at Teheran Festival, Iran.
TARATATA, music by Normand Roger, televised on "Les Beaux Dimanches", telecast on the French CBC Network in MontrÉal, October 16.
1978Production of film TOUT RIEN, music by Normand Roger.
1979TOUT RIEN: first prize at Bulgarian International Animated Film Festival, and also telecast on "Les Beaux Dimanches", on the French CBC Network in Montréal, February 25.
TARATATA: first prize at International Film Festival in Lausanne, Switzerland, in March.
Production of animation sequences for Stravinsky's ballet "L'oiseau de feu", produced by Jean-Yves Landry, telecast on "Les Beaux Dimanches", on the French CBC Network in Montéal January 13 and September 7, 1980. This program wins the "Prague d'Or 1980" medal and the Emmy Award 1980 in New York.
1980TOUT RIEN: special prize at 1980 Ottawa Festival.
1981TOUT RIEN: nominated for an Oscar at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Los Angeles, United States, February 17.
TOUT RIEN: first prize at 3rd International Youth Film Festival in Lausanne, Switzerland, March 12.
Screenplay, animation and production of CRAC !, completion of 15 minutes. Music and soundtrack by Normand Roger.
CRAC !: 2nd special jury prize at the 13th "Journées internationales du film d'animation" at Annecy, France, in May.
Winner of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 1980 President's prize, May 26.
CRAC !: first prize at the Fourth International Fairytale Film Festival, in Odense, Denmark, in August.
CRAC !: best film's golden sheaf at the 17th International Short Film and Video Festival in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, November 7.
CRAC !: first "Golden Plaque" animation prize at the 17th Chicago Film Festival, November 9.
CRAC !: first prize, short movie category, at the 5th International Animated Film Festival, in Espinho, Portugal, in December.
1982CRAC !: Stuttgart prize at the Internationale Stuttgarter Trickfilmtage, in Stuttgart, Western Germany, in January.
CRAC !: Anik Prize, awarded by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, in graphic arts category, March 22.
CRAC !: OSCAR for the best animated short movie at the 57th Award Winning Night of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Los Angeles, March 29.
CRAC !: Silver Venus prize at the Houston International Film Festival and Film Market in Texas, April 25.
CRAC !: grand prize at the 4th International Animation Film Festival in Ottawa, August 19.
CRAC !: "Ruby Slipper" for the best film in the Los Angeles International Children's Film Festival, in October.
CRAC !: second prize "Silver Dove" animation category at the 25th International Short and Documentary Film Festival in Leipzig, Germany, November 26.
CRAC !: The Golden Dancer for the best animated film and the public's award for the best film of the festival, at the Huesca International Short Film Festival from December 13 to 18.
CRAC ! is awarded the "Outstanding Academic Film of 1982" by the magazine Choice.
1983CRAC !: first prize of Applied and Performing Arts at the Birmingham International Education Film Festival, Alabama, March 17.
CRAC ! wins the prize for the best short film at the 17th Annual Hemisfilm International Festival at San Antonio, Texas, from January 20 to February 2nd.
CRAC !: Henry Fonda Award at the River City Film Conference, Omaha, Nebraska, March 27.
CRAC !: "Premio Extraordinario" at the International Short Film Festival in Murcia, Spain, April 29.
CRAC !: Chairman's Award at the National Film Festival in Oakland, California, April 30.
CRAC !: Awarded an honourable mention at the Baltimore International Film Festival, March 24.
CRAC !: Awarded the Golden Athena at the 1984 Athens International Film Festival Athens, United States: from April 20 to 30.
1984CRAC ! is chosen 6th among the 50 masterpieces of the World Animation Set at the Olympiad of Animation in Los Angeles, California.
1986Annie Award from ASIFA, Hollywood for outstanding achievement.
1987Scenario, animation and production of "L'HOMME QUI PLANTAIT DES ARBRES" which has been chosen to be presented as an official selection at the 1987 Cannes Festival in the "Short" category.
Special Award awarded by the Children's Broadcast Institute for his film works on May 21st in MontrÉal.
"L'HOMME QUI PLANTAIT DES ARBRES" Grand Prize ex-aquo with a Bulgarian film: Un monde pourri, at the "JournÉes internationales du film d'animation" at Annecy, France, from May 28 to June 3.
"L'HOMME QUI PLANTAIT DES ARBRES" People Award and Canal Plus prize.
Tribute for oustanding achievement from the American Film Institute - The Walter Lantz Conference on Animation in Los Angeles, June 12, 13 and 14.
"L'HOMME QUI PLANTAIT DES ARBRES" - Grand Prize at the 6th International Environment and Nature Film Festival, Royan, France, June 24-28.
"L'HOMME QUI PLANTAIT DES ARBRES" - First Prize in the animated film (15-30 min.) category and Festival Grand Prize at The Los Angeles Animation Celebration, United States, July 10-17.
"L'HOMME QUI PLANTAIT DES ARBRES" - Youth jury's second Prize and one of the jury's personal Prizes at the 7th International Odense Film Festival, Danemark, August 1-7.
"L'HOMME QUI PLANTAIT DES ARBRES" - Grand Prize at the 2nd International Animation Festival in Japan - Hiroshima '87, August 21-26.
"L'HOMME QUI PLANTAIT DES ARBRES" - Special Award at the Prix Italia 1987, Vicenza, September 17-27.
"L'HOMME QUI PLANTAIT DES ARBRES" - Silver Hugo - Animation Category at the 23rd Chicago International Film Festival, from October 19 to November 2.
"L'HOMME QUI PLANTAIT DES ARBRES" - Grand Prize - Short Film Category (Gold Corn) at the Semana internacional de cine de Valladolid, Spain, October 23-31.
"L'HOMME QUI PLANTAIT DES ARBRES" - Prix TÉlÉbec at the 6th International Festival in Abitibi- TÉmiscamingue, from October 31 to November 5.
1988"L'HOMME QUI PLANTAIT DES ARBRES" - Special Jury's Prize ex-aqueo and People Award at the International Short Film Festival in Clermont-Ferrand, France, from January 30 to February 6.
"L'HOMME QUI PLANTAIT DES ARBRES" -Gémeaux Award - Animation Category - Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, MontrÉal, February 7.
"L'HOMME QUI PLANTAIT DES ARBRES" Prix Normande-Juneau "Best short film" - Les Rendez-vous du cinÉma québécois, Montréal, February 5-13.
"L'HOMME QUI PLANTAIT DES ARBRES" Best film- Animation Category - Tampere Film Festival, Finland - March 2 to 6.
"L'HOMME QUI PLANTAIT DES ARBRES" OSCAR for the best animated short movie at the 60th Award Winning Night of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Los Angeles, April 11.
"L'HOMME QUI PLANTAIT DES ARBRES" "Crystal Apple" - National Educational Film Festival in Oakland, USA, April 23-30.
"L'HOMME QUI PLANTAIT DES ARBRES" - "Golden Bunch" - The XIV International Film Festival of Santarem, Portugal, May 8-15.
"L'HOMME QUI PLANTAIT DES ARBRES" - "Golden Sheaf" Festival de Yorkton, May 25-28.
"L'HOMME QUI PLANTAIT DES ARBRES" - "Prix Asifa International" (tribute for outstanding achievement), Zagreb International Animation Festival, from May 30 to June 5.
"L'HOMME QUI PLANTAIT DES ARBRES" - Prix Rockie - Best short film for chilren, Television festival of Banff, Canada, June 5-11.
"L'HOMME QUI PLANTAIT DES ARBRES" - Prize of Central Committee of socialist youth union. Ekofilm festival, Ostrava, Tchecoslovaquia, May 23-27.
"L'HOMME QUI PLANTAIT DES ARBRES" - CAMERIO for best short film at the 6e carrousel international of Rimouski, September 19-25.
"L'HOMME QUI PLANTAIT DES ARBRES" - Grand Prize of the Festival and the Public Prize at the International Animation Festival, Ottawa, October 4-10.
1989"L'HOMME QUI PLANTAIT DES ARBRES" - Best animated film at the 22nd Film and Video Festival (BACA), New-York, from February 22 to March 24.
"L'HOMME QUI PLANTAIT DES ARBRES" - Special Prize awarded by the jury at the International Youth Film Festival, Moscow, March 24-31.
"L'HOMME QUI PLANTAIT DES ARBRES" - First Prize - "Religion and philosophy category" at the Birmingham International Educational Film Festival, Alabama, April 21st.
"L'HOMME QUI PLANTAIT DES ARBRES" - Emily Award at the American Film and Video Festival, USA, May 8-13.
"L'HOMME QUI PLANTAIT DES ARBRES" - Blue Ribbon Award at the American Film and Video Festival, USA, May 8-13.
"L'HOMME QUI PLANTAIT DES ARBRES" - Excellence Prize at The Children's Broadcast Institute, Canada - October 1-3.
"L'HOMME QUI PLANTAIT DES ARBRES" - Honorable mention - "Animation category" at the 20th Annual Baltimore Independant Film and Video Makers Competition, USA, October 5-8.
"L'HOMME QUI PLANTAIT DES ARBRES" - Mention for artistic quality at the Komedia Festival, Germany, November 1st - 5.
1990"L'HOMME QUI PLANTAIT DES ARBRES" earns the best film award from the National Arbor Day Foundation, Nebraska City, U.S., April 28, 1990.
1991"CRAC !" is awarded the "Prix du public" at the 30th anniversary of the Festival d'Annecy celebrated in June 1991. The competition included the best animated films of the Festival's last thirty years.
"CRAC !" wins first prize in the short animated film category at the fourth international children's film festival held in Bogota, Columbia in June 1991.
Frédéric Back wins the Prix Albert Tessier. The prize is awarded by the Ministère des Affaires culturelles du Québec to a Québec filmmaker who has made a significant contribution to the promotion of QuÉbÉcois cinema internationally.
1992In April, Frédéric Back earns the excellence award from the Ministère des Communautés culturelles et de l'Immigration du Québec. The prize was awarded for his contribution to the integration of cultural activities in Québec society.
1993"LE FLEUVE AUX GRANDES EAUX" (The Mighty River) wins the Grand Prix at the International Animation Film Festival held in Annecy, June 1-6.
"LE FLEUVE AUX GRANDES EAUX" (The Mighty River) wins the Special Jury Prize, Golden Butterfly at the International Festival of films for Children and Young Adults in Isfahan, Iran.
"THE MAN WHO PLANTED TREES" wins Le Castor d'or for the best short animated film for the Festival du film Québécois, Morteau, France in Novembre 1993.
"LE FLEUVE AUX GRANDES EAUX" (The Mighty River) wins the Prize for best animated film in the 10 to 40 minutes category at Cinanima in Espinho, Portugal.
"LE FLEUVE AUX GRANDES EAUX" (The Mighty River) wins the Prize for human value at the International Ecological Film Festival, Canary Islands, Spain.
1994"LE FLEUVE AUX GRANDES EAUX" (The Mighty River) wins the Aspen Award at the Aspen Filmfest, Aspen Colorado in February 1994.
"LE FLEUVE AUX GRANDES EAUX" (The Mighty River) wins the Prize for the best film at the Ankara International Film Festival, Ankara, Turquie in March 1994.
"LE FLEUVE AUX GRANDES EAUX" (The Mighty River) wins the Los Angeles Critics Award as 1993 best animated film.
"LE FLEUVE AUX GRANDES EAUX" (The Mighty River) nominated for an OSCAR at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Los Angeles, United States, March 21st.
"LE FLEUVE AUX GRANDES EAUX" (The Mighty River) wins the Gold Apple in the Media Arts: Experimental Film & Video at the National Educational Film & Video Festival, Oakland, United States in May 1994.
"LE FLEUVE AUX GRANDES EAUX" (The Mighty River) wins the Golden Sheaf Awards for best film of the festival, best animation and best sound at the Yorkton Short Film & Video Festival, Yorkton, Saskatchewan, in May 1994.
"LE FLEUVE AUX GRANDES EAUX" (The Mighty River) wins the Prize for the best environmental film at the Mountainfilm '94, Telluride, Colorado, United States, May 1994.
"LE FLEUVE AUX GRANDES EAUX" (The Mighty River) wins the Grand Prize at The 5th International Animation Festival in Japan - Hiroshima '94, August 1994.
"LE FLEUVE AUX GRANDES EAUX" (The Mighty River) Best film in his category (10 to 30 minutes) at the Ottawa 94 International Animation Festival - September 1994.
"LE FLEUVE AUX GRANDES EAUX" (The Mighty River) GÉmeaux Award - Animation Category - Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, MontrÉal, October 2.
"LE FLEUVE AUX GRANDES EAUX" (The Mighty River) wins the Award for the best youth film at the Okomedia Institut, Germany, October 1994.
"LE FLEUVE AUX GRANDES EAUX" (The Mighty River) wins the Chris Award (Art & Culture: Animation) at the Colombus International Film & Video Festival, Ohio, United States - October 1994.
"LE FLEUVE AUX GRANDES EAUX"(The Mighty River) wins the Youth Prize at the Festival international du film d'environment (RIENA), Paris, France - November 1994.
1995"LE FLEUVE AUX GRANDES EAUX" (The Mighty River) wins the Price "Spirit of the Environment" at the International Nature Film and Television Festivals, South Africa - June 1995.
"LE FLEUVE AUX GRANDES EAUX"(The Mighty River) wins the Award of Excellence at the Banff Television Festival, Canada - June 1995.
Mr. Hubert Tison is the executive producer of Mr. Back's films.
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