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Strange Invaders is a 2002 Canadian animated short film written and directed by Cordell Barker and distributed by the National Film Board of Canada. It uses drawn animation and visual comedy to present an absurd science-fiction encounter involving extraterrestrial invaders. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, and its compact storytelling makes it representative of Barker's comic animation for festival and general audiences.
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Who made Strange Invaders?
Strange Invaders was written and directed by Canadian animator Cordell Barker. It was distributed by the National Film Board of Canada, which also released Barker's better-known short The Cat Came Back.
What happens in Strange Invaders?
The short presents an absurd science-fiction encounter involving extraterrestrial invaders. Barker uses drawn animation, visual exaggeration, and comic timing to turn the invasion premise into a surreal joke rather than a conventional space adventure.
When was Strange Invaders made?
The film dates from the early 2000s and is commonly listed as a 2002 short, while some NFB material identifies it as a 2001 production. It belongs to Cordell Barker's run of animated shorts for the National Film Board of Canada.
How is Strange Invaders connected to The Cat Came Back?
Both films were made by Cordell Barker and use fast visual comedy with deliberately exaggerated character movement. The Cat Came Back was an earlier 1988 short and became an Oscar-nominated Canadian animation classic.
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