A Good Tree

198423 min 52 secFilm: Fiction, Children's film

Direction: Giles Walker

Production: Michael MacMillanSeaton McLeanJanice PlattAndy ThomsonRobert Verrall

Script: Gloria Demers

Co-produced by Atlantis Films Limited and the NFB with the participation of Telefilm Canada and the Global Television Network.

During the Christmas holiday season, three young children discover that their eccentric old neighbour, Mr. Horner, whom they always considered an ogre and a scrooge, does have a heart after all; the old man discovers the kids are not the hooligans he thought they were. Based on a short story by Canadian author David Walker, it is a funny, warm and touching drama about neighbours, friendship, generosity and the joy of Christmas.

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Subject categories

  • Literature and Language > Adaptations of Literary WorksChristmas Stories
  • Literature and Language - Canada > Adaptations of Literary WorksCanadian LiteratureChildren's Materials
  • Children and Youth > Coming of Age Stories

Credits

director
Giles Walker
producer
Michael MacMillan
Seaton McLean
Janice Platt
Andy Thomson
executive producer
Robert Verrall
Michael MacMillan
script
Gloria Demers
camera
David De Volpi
sound
Richard Besse
editing
Richard Todd
sound editing
Bill Graziadei
re-recording
Jean-Pierre Joutel
music
Louis Natale
cast
Andrew Bednarski
Helen Clare Baggaley
Les Rubie
Marc Cyr
Peter MacNeill
Pamela Boyd

Awards

  • Nellie Award for Best Children's Television ProgramItinerant - Annual ACTRA Awards
  • Silver Hugo - Category: Short Subject/Drama International Film Festival
  • First Prize - Category: Live Action under 30 minutesInternational Children's Film Festival