Snow Cat

199822 min 58 secFilm: Animation, Children's film

G

Direction: Sheldon Cohen

Production: Sheldon CohenKenneth HirschMarcy PageBarrie Angus McLeanDavid Verrall

Co-produced by Snow Cat Productions and the NFB in association with Channel 4 and with the participation of Shaw Children's Programming Initiative, Teletoon, CFCF-12, Knowledge Network, Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit, the Government of Quebec Tax Credit Program and the Canada Council.

Elsie, who lives in a secluded house in the Far North, desperately wishes for a pet to keep her company. So the North Wind creates a magical cat out of snow--but with a warning: the cat must never enter Elsie's warm little house. Full of wisdom and sensitivity, this heartfelt story is perfect for a child's sensibility. But people of all ages will be drawn to this timeless tale of enduring love.

Filmmaker Sheldon Cohen teamed up with other artists who created an original technique especially for this film, notably Jeamy LaBrosse's innovative finger paint animation and Daniel Schorr's watercolour brushwork painted directly onto each frame. This film is inpired by the story from celebrated children's author Dayal Kaur Khalsa.

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Subject categories


  • Literature and Language > Adaptations of Literary WorksAnimation based on Literature
  • Literature and Language - Canada > Adaptations of Literary Works
  • Animals > PetsStories
  • English Language Arts > CanLitChildren's Stories/Fables

Credits


director
Sheldon Cohen
producer
Sheldon Cohen
Kenneth Hirsch
Marcy Page
finger-paint animation
Jeami
story adaptation
Tim Wynne-Jones
additional text
Tim Wynne-Jones
music
Normand Roger
sound track
Normand Roger
music collaboration
Denis L. Chartrand
voice
Maureen Stapleton
Chelsea Cohen
assistant director
Jeami
animation
Jeami
Sheldon Cohen
Les Drew
camera
Jeami
painting on film
Daniel Schorr
additional painting
Carlos Lillo-Baeza
Elaine Gasco
technical consulting
Susan Gourley
optical camera
Michel Dubois
Barry Wood
backgrounds
Elaine Gasco
trace and paint supervision
Leslie Bank-Satz
trace and paint
Éric Bolté
Karen Hibbard
Sylvain Lavoie
animation camera
Raymond Dumas
Pierre Landry
picture editing
Sheldon Cohen
voice recording
Steve Schwarz
Normand Roger
additional sound editing
Donald McWilliams
Jean-Baptiste Roger
Michèle Soucy
final mix
Serge Boivin
Jean Paul Vialard
post-production co-ordinator
Grace Avrith
Éric Barbeau
program administrator
Carrol Smith
Gisèle Guilbault
executive producer
Barrie Angus McLean
David Verrall

Awards


  • Dick and Ada Bird Award for Best Animated Short Film - with a cash prize of 200$Flicks International Children Film Festival
  • Golden Sheaf Award - Category: Best AnimationYorkton Film Festival
  • Bronze Plaque Award - Category: Education and Information International Film and Video Festival