No Problem (1992 film)

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| alt = | caption = | director = [[Craig Welch]] | producer = [[Marcy Page]] Barrie McLean Eunice MacAulay | writer = Craig Welch | starring = | music = Denis L. Chartrand Normand Roger | cinematography = Jacques Avoine Pierre Landry Lynda Pelley | editing = Derek Sharplin | studio = [[National Film Board of Canada]] | distributor = | released = {{Film date|1992|05||[[1992 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes]]}} | runtime = 12 min. | country = Canada | language = | budget = | gross = }} '''''No Problem''''' is a Canadian animated short film, directed by [[Craig Welch]] and released in 1992.<ref name=macinnis>Craig MacInnis, "From Oshawa to Cannes... No problem!". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', May 10, 1992.</ref> The film centres on a lonely man who wants to be in a relationship with a woman, but every time he goes on a date his [[Id (psychology)|id]] and [[superego]] both come out to wreck the opportunity.<ref name=macinnis/>

The film was influenced by the comic style of NFB animators [[Cordell Barker]] and [[Richard Condie]].<ref name=Pilling>{{cite book|title=Animating the Unconscious: Desire, Sexuality, and Animation|publisher=Wallflower Press|isbn=978-0231161992|editor=Jayne Pilling|chapter=On Craig Welch's ''How Wings Are Attached to the Backs of Angels''|date=2012}}</ref>

The film premiered at the [[1992 Cannes Film Festival]], in competition for the [[Short Film Palme d'Or]].<ref>"Cannes picks four films from Canada". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', April 18, 1992.</ref> It was a [[Genie Award]] nominee for [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Animated Short|Best Animated Short Film]] at the [[14th Genie Awards]] in 1993.<ref>"The nominees are...". ''[[Edmonton Journal]]'', October 20, 1993.</ref>

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==External links== *{{IMDb title|0105010}} *{{NFB film|no_problem}}

[[Category:1992 films]] [[Category:National Film Board of Canada animated short films]] [[Category:1992 animated short films]] [[Category:1990s Canadian animated films]] [[Category:1992 Canadian films]]