The Owl Who Married a Goose: An Eskimo Legend
The Owl Who Married a Goose: An Eskimo Legend | |
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Directed by | Caroline Leaf |
Based on | an Inuit legend |
Produced by | |
Edited by | |
Distributed by | National Film Board of Canada |
Release date | 1974 (Canada) |
Running time | 7 minutes 38 seconds |
Country | Canada |
Language | Inuktitut |
The Owl Who Married a Goose: An Eskimo Legend is a 1974 Canadian animated short from Caroline Leaf, produced by the National Film Board of Canada and the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs.
Synopsis[]
Leaf worked with Inuit artists in the interpretation and design of this film which uses sand on a glass slide lit from below (sand animation) to tell this classic Inuit legend. Despite being from different species, an owl and goose marry. When the goose obeys nature and joins the other geese migrating south, the owl follows but can't keep up, and when the geese stop over on a lake, the owl is unable to float on the water and sinks to the bottom. Although the birds speak to each other in Inuktitut without subtitles, there is little doubt about what is transpiring.[1][2]
Reception[]
Millimeter wrote, “The film is one of exquisite delicacy and bitter sweet humor, a triumph of sincere animation in a technique far removed from traditional cel methods.”[3]
Monthly Film Bulletinwrote, “Caroline Leaf displays in this abstract love story the rich and tonal skills which she later used to effect in The Street."[4]
Awards and nominations[]
- Canadian Film Award – Animated Short, Non-Feature Overall Sound
- BAFTA – Nomination for Best Animated Short
- Ottawa International Animation Festival – First Prize, Films for Children
References[]
- ^ Morris, Peter (1984). The Film Companion. Toronto: Irwin Publishing. p. 227. ISBN 0-7725-1505-0.
- ^ Purves, Barry JC (2014). Stop-motion Animation: Frame by Frame Film-making with Puppets and Models (2nd ed.). New York: Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 123. ISBN 978-1-4725-2190-3.
- ^ Canemaker, John (May 1977). "Canada's National Film Board: What's Odd and What's New". Millimeter: 71–73.
- ^ "The Owl Who Married a Goose (review)". Monthly Film Bulletin. 45 (531): 79. April 1978.
External links[]
- Official website
- The Owl Who Married a Goose: An Eskimo Legend at IMDb
- The short film The Owl Who Married a Goose: An Eskimo Legend is available for free download at the Internet Archive.
- 1974 films
- 1974 animated films
- 1970s stop-motion animated films
- Canadian films
- Canadian animated short films
- Inuit films
- Inuit mythology
- Sand animated films
- Inuktitut-language films
- Best Animated Short Film Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners
- Films based on legends
- Films about owls
- Fictional geese
- Films directed by Caroline Leaf
- National Film Board of Canada animated short films