How We Kept Mother's Day

19949 min 53 secFilm: Animation, Children's film

Direction: Eva Szasz

Production: Tamara LynchFloyd Elliott

When the celebration of Mother's Day was introduced around 1910, Stephen Leacock observed the quaint idea with a short story. The family in Leacock's version turns the idea to their advantage, taking a splendid holiday in the country, leaving Mother behind to enjoy her special day in peace.

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Subject categories

  • Literature and Language > Adaptations of Literary WorksAnimation based on Literature
  • Literature and Language - Canada > Adaptations of Literary WorksCanadian LiteratureChildren's Materials
  • Women > Family Life
  • Families > Women

Credits

director
Eva Szasz
animation
Eva Szasz
producer
Tamara Lynch
executive producer
Floyd Elliott
animation camera
Pierre Landry
Lynda Pelley
Raymond Dumas
Jacques Avoine
editing
Tony Reed
sound editing
Julian Olson
re-recording
Shelley Craig
narration
Brian Richardson
music
Jérôme Langlois

Awards

  • Silver Medal - Category: FilmstripsAnnual Awards Competition / International Film & Television Festival
  • WorldFest Gold AwardWorldFest / International Film Festival