Roses Sing on New Snow

20027 min 4 secFilm: Animation, Children's film

G

Direction: Yuan Zhang

Production: David VerrallTamara Lynch

Script: Sugith Varughese

Maylin cooks mouth-watering meals at her father's restaurant in Chinatown, but her father and brothers take all the credit. When a dignitary from China arrives for a sumptuous banquet, Maylin's father serves him her special dish, Roses Sing on New Snow. The visitor is so impressed that he demands the recipe! After her brothers fail miserably at recreating it, the father must call for his daughter. Maylin demonstrates as the dignitary follows every step. After tasting his own cooking, the man realizes he cannot duplicate the dish. The chef is the most important ingredient of all! Maylin finally receives the credit she deserves for her inspired fusion of Old and New World cuisine.

Roses Sing on New Snow is based on an award winning children's book by Paul Yee and is part of the NFB's Talespinners collection. Created for children aged five to nine, Talespinners uses vibrant animation to bring popular stories from a wide range of cultural communities to the screen.

Subject categories


  • Literature and Language > Adaptations of Literary WorksAnimation based on LiteratureChildren's Literature
  • Literature and Language - Canada > Adaptations of Literary Works
  • Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism > Animation and Allegory on MulticulturalismAsian OriginsChinese OriginsImmigration Experience and Social Adjustment
  • Families > Immigrant Experience
  • Ethics and Religious Culture > Ethical Values
  • Family Studies/Home Economics > Food and Nutrition

Credits


director
Yuan Zhang
animator
Denis Banville
Velislav Kazakov
consulting director
Sheldon Cohen
animation production supervisor
Marie Renaud
digital imaging specialist
Normand Gauthier
Susan Gourley
lead infographist
Dominic Tremblay
infographist
Itsik Romano
Jon Gasco
Randall Finnerty
assistant infographist
Michel Provençal
Michelle MacDonald
scan
Jean-Marc Brosseau
video output
Jean-Marc Brosseau
backgrounds
Yuan Zhang
layout
Yuan Zhang
additional animation
Averkios Maltezos
Monica Rho
Yuan Zhang
storyboard consultant
Sheldon Cohen
Marie Renaud
writer
Sugith Varughese
narrator
Mung-Ling Tsui
picture editor
Phyllis Lewis
music
Normand Roger
sound design
Normand Roger
sound design - collaboration
Denis Chartrand
sound editor
Pierre Yves Drapeau
line test editor
Michel Pelland
re-recording
Serge Boivin
Jean Paul Vialard
technical coordinator
Richard Lesage
studio administration
Gisèle Guilbault
Andrée Lachapelle
executive producer
David Verrall
producer
Tamara Lynch

Awards


  • Certificate of Excellence - Category: Animated short Film given by the Adult JuryInternational Children's Film Festival
  • Honorable Mention - Category: Education and Information International Film and Video Festival