Blackfly
- Studio
- National Film Board of Canada
- Distributor
- National Film Board of Canada
Synopsis
This film recounts singer Wade Hemsworth's battles with this quintessential "critter" during a summer of surveying in Northern Ontario.
Characters
Blackflies
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Christopher Hinton
Producing
- Producer
- William Pettigrew
- Executive Producers
- Douglas MacDonald, Barrie Angus McLean
Animation
- Animator
- Christopher Hinton
Voices
- Voice
- Kate McGarrigle (Singer), Anna McGarrigle (Singer)
Music
- Music
- Wade Hemsworth
Crew
- Images
- Raymond Dumas, Jacques Avoine, Lynda Pelley, Pierre Landry
- Color Renderer
- Nathalie Savoie
- Assistant Color Renderer
- Helga Schleeh, Marie-Josée Carriere
- Musicians
- Pat Donaldson, Wade Hemsworth, Dane Lankin, Gilles Losier, Anna McGarrigle, Kate McGarrigle, Peter Weldon
- Music Recordist
- Louis Hone
- Music Editor
- Julian Olson
- Sound Editor
- Jacqueline Newell
- Sound Rerecordist
- Jean-Pierre Joutel
- Foley
- Andy Malcolm
- Studio Administrator
- Carrol Smith
- Consultant
- Peter Whalley
Awards
Academy Award Nominee, Best Short Film (Animated), 1992.
Nominee, Genie Award, Best Animated Short, 1992.
Second Prize, Animated Short under 6 minutes, International Children's Film Festival, Chicago, 1993.
Blue Ribbon Award, Animation, Itinerant - American Film and Video Festival, Chicago, 1993.
Red Ribbon Award, Animation, Itinerant - American Film and Video Festival, Chicago, 1993.
Silver Apple Award, National Educational Media Network Competition, Oakland, California, 1993.
Best International Film Award, A.T.O.M. Awards for Short Educational Films and Videos, Melbourne, Australia, 1993.
Silver Medal (Second Prize), with a cash prize of $25, Expo of Short Film and Video, New York, 1992
Nominee, Genie Award, Best Animated Short, 1992.
Second Prize, Animated Short under 6 minutes, International Children's Film Festival, Chicago, 1993.
Blue Ribbon Award, Animation, Itinerant - American Film and Video Festival, Chicago, 1993.
Red Ribbon Award, Animation, Itinerant - American Film and Video Festival, Chicago, 1993.
Silver Apple Award, National Educational Media Network Competition, Oakland, California, 1993.
Best International Film Award, A.T.O.M. Awards for Short Educational Films and Videos, Melbourne, Australia, 1993.
Silver Medal (Second Prize), with a cash prize of $25, Expo of Short Film and Video, New York, 1992