Sylvia (1985 Canadian film)

Sylvia is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Michel Murray and released in 1985.^[1] A satire of the modern family, the film blends live action and animation in its depiction of a bored housewife with a couch potato husband, a computer-addicted son and a punk rocker daughter, who escapes from her family life by imagining herself as the heroine in a romance novel.^[2]

Sylvia
Directed by	Michel Murray
Written by	Michel Murray
Produced by	Yves Leduc
Cinematography	André-Luc Dupont
Edited by	Suzanne Allard
Music by	Raffaele Artiglière
Animation by	Michel Murray
Production company	National Film Board of Canada
Release date	August 29, 1985 (1985-08-29) (MWFF)
Running time	10 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	French

The film was voiced by Denise Ally, Daniel Bérard and André Ducharme, with Mario Boucher, Caroline Gadoury, Michel Hébert and François Pierre Le Scouarnec appearing in the live-action segments.

The film premiered at the 1985 Montreal World Film Festival.^[2]

The film was a Genie Award nominee for Best Animated Short at the 7th Genie Awards in 1986.^[3]