Arkelope

19945 min 17 secFilm: Animation

G

Direction: Roslyn Schwartz

Production: Marcy PageBarrie McLean

While searching for diversion on television one evening, a middle-aged couple lights upon a nature documentary recounting the decline of the Arkelope. Though it has managed to survive a variety of natural disasters and calamities, the Arkelope has been reduced, through human indifference and short-sightedness, to a species whose very existence is in imminent danger. A seriously funny animated look at endangered species and human passivity in the face of the ubiquitous TV set.

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Subject categories


  • Environment and Conservation > AllegoriesEndangered SpeciesSocial and Industrial Development
  • Social Studies > Contemporary Issues
  • Science > Life Systems/Ecology

Credits


director
Roslyn Schwartz
animation
Roslyn Schwartz
producer
Marcy Page
executive producer
Barrie McLean
animation camera
Lynda Pelley
sound
John Oswald
Philip Strong
re-recording
Jean-Pierre Joutel
narrator
Harry Hill
voice
Sheena Larkin
Mark Trafford

Awards


  • Camerio Award - Category: Best Short Film of the FestivalCarrousel international du film
  • Gold Apple AwardNational Educational Media Network Competition
  • Merit Award for Visual ImpartInternational Wildlife Film Festival
  • Merit Award for InnovationInternational Wildlife Film Festival
  • Special PrizeInternational TV-Films Festival