Madagascar, a Journey Diary
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Madagascar, a Journey Diary is a 2010 French animated short film
Animated cartoon
An animated cartoon is a short, hand-drawn film for the cinema, television or computer screen, featuring some kind of story or plot...

, written and directed by Bastien Dubois. The film was originally titled Madagascar, carnet de voyage.

Plot

A young man travels to Madagascar
Madagascar
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 and scenes of everyday life on the world's fourth largest island are documented in scrapbook
Scrapbooking
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 format accompanied by the sounds and music of the countryside.

Awards

In January of 2011, Madagascar, a Journey Diary was nominated for an Oscar for Best Animated Short. It selected at Sundance
Sundance
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 and Dawn Breakers International Film Festival
Dawn Breakers International Film Festival
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in 2009.
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