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Nathaël and the Seal Hunt
199010 min 27 secFilm: Animation
Direction: André ChapdelaineYvon Larochelle
Production: Yves LeducArlette DionRobert Forget
Script: André ChapdelaineYvon LarochelleJacques Savoie
Just when a young boy named Nathael is about to take part in his first seal hunt, this annual event in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence becomes the focus of a world-wide controversy. This evocative short film effectively combines pastel images with pinscreen animation to show a young person's view of the traditional way of life of the Magdalen Islanders, and their perplexity at the censure of the outside world.
Subject categories
- Environment and Conservation > AllegoriesAnimal-based IndustriesAnimalsSocial Action
- Fishing and Hunting Industries > Fur Industries and TrappingHuntingQuebec and OntarioSeal and Walrus Hunt
Credits
- director
- André Chapdelaine
- Yvon Larochelle
- script
- André Chapdelaine
- Yvon Larochelle
- producer
- Yves Leduc
- Arlette Dion
- executive producer
- Robert Forget
- text
- Jacques Savoie
- animation camera
- Pierre Landry
- sound
- Christian Fortin
- editing
- Pierre Bernier
- sound editing
- Marie-Claude Salvaille
- animation
- André Chapdelaine
- Yvon Larochelle
- Jacques Drouin
- voice
- Claudine Chatel
- Susan Glover
- Liza Hull
- Nicholas Kilbertus
- Robin MacEachran
- Elizabeth Mackee
- Anne McCormick-Geddis
- Philip Spensley
- Jacob Tierney
- Paul Zakaib
- re-recording
- Adrian Croll
- Christian Fortin
- music
- Denis Larochelle
- Georges Langford