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Roses Sing on New Snow
20027 min 4 secFilm: Animation, Children's film
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.
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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