The Boy and the Snow Goose

198410 min 32 secFilm: Animation, Children's film

G

Direction: Gayle Thomas

Production: Gayle ThomasDouglas MacDonald

Script: Gayle Thomas

In this enchanting animation film without words, a young boy finds an injured snow goose, which he nurses back to health. Constant companions throughout the glorious, sun-filled days of summer, the two sadly separate in autumn when the bird obeys the call to join its flock for the annual flight south. Lonesome for his friend, the boy whiles away the long winter dreaming of how he and the goose would fly together to magical places. With spring's return, the boy and the snow goose are happily, though briefly, reunited, each one realizing that the bond of love and friendship between them will endure.

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Subject categories


  • Animals > BirdsStories
  • Children and Youth > Children's Stories
  • Health/Personal Development > Healthy Relationships

Credits


story
Gayle Thomas
design
Gayle Thomas
animation
Gayle Thomas
colour co-ordination
Eunice Macaulay
animation camera
Pierre Landry
Raymond Dugas
assistant
France Trudeau
Françoise Barraud
Lise-Hélène Larin
Hasmig Marangian
Françoise Hartmann
Gabriel Caya
original music
Normand Roger
sound editing
Normand Roger
re-recording
Jean-Pierre Joutel
Adrian Croll
unit administrator
Diane Bergeron
director
Gayle Thomas
producer
Gayle Thomas
executive producer
Douglas MacDonald

Awards


  • Actra Award for Best Children's Television ProgramItinerant - Annual ACTRA Awards
  • Ruby Slipper Award for Best Animation Short given by the Adult JuryInternational Children's Film and Television Festival
  • Golden Sheaf Award - Category: Best AnimationYorkton Film Festival
  • Second Prize - Category: Films as ArtGolden Gate Awards Competition & International Film Festival
  • Second Place - Category: Film as ArtNational Educational Media Network Competition
  • Second Prize - Category: Short Films / Animation 10 to 15 minutesInternational Children's Film Festival
  • Special MentionFestival internatinal de cinéma de court métrage
  • Jury Mention for Animation and the Educational MessageFestival international du film animalier
  • Silver Dolphin Award - Category: Films for Children International Animated Film Festival / CINANIMA
  • Honorable Mention - Category: Music (Normand Roger)International Animated Film Festival / CINANIMA
  • Special Jury AwardInternational Animation Festival