Snow Cat
Foreign title: Le Chat De Neige (French)
- Studio
- National Film Board of Canada, Snow Cat Productions
- Distributor
- National Film Board of Canada
Synopsis
One cold, snowy afternoon, a grandmother mesmerizes her young grandchild with a moving tale of a lonely girl and an unforgettable magical cat.
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.
Oscar, Emmy and Tony award-winner Maureen Stapleton delivers a powerful narration of the short story written by celebrated author Dayal Kaur Khalsa and adapted by two-time Governor General's award recipient Tim Wynne-Jones.
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.
Oscar, Emmy and Tony award-winner Maureen Stapleton delivers a powerful narration of the short story written by celebrated author Dayal Kaur Khalsa and adapted by two-time Governor General's award recipient Tim Wynne-Jones.
Characters
Snow Cat, Elsie
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Sheldon Cohen
- Assistant Director
- Jeami
Producing
- Producer
- Sheldon Cohen, Kenneth Hirsch, Marcy Page
- Executive Producers
- Barrie Angus McLean, David Verrall
Writing
- Writer
- Dayal Kaur Khalsa (Short Story)
- Story Adaptation
- Tim Wynne-Jones
- Additional Text
- Tim Wynne-Jones
Animation
- Animator
- Jeami, Sheldon Cohen, Les Drew
- Finger-Paint Animation
- Jeami
Voices
- Voice
- Maureen Stapleton (Narrator), Chelsea Cohen
Music
- Music
- Normand Roger
- Soundtrack
- Normand Roger
- Music Collaboration
- Denis L. Chartrand
Editing
- Editor
- Sheldon Cohen
- Picture Editing
- Sheldon Cohen
- Additional Sound Editing
- Donald McWilliams, Jean-Baptiste Roger, Michèle Soucy
Crew
- Camera
- Jeami
- Painting on Film
- Daniel Schorr
- Painting on Film - Assistance
- 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
- Voice Recording
- Steve Schwarz, Normand Roger
- Final Mix
- Serge Boivin, Jean Paul Vialard
- Post-Production Coordinator
- Grace Avrith, Éric Barbeau
- Program Administrators
- Carrol Smith, Gisèle Guilbault
Production notes
Traditional cel animation, combined with an experimental finger-paint style pioneered by Jeami.
Awards
Nominee, Gemini Award, Best Animated Program or Series or Short Animated Program, Marcy Page, Kenneth Hirsch and Sheldon Cohen, 1999.
Golden Sheaf Award, Best Animation, Golden Sheaf Awards/Short Film and Video Festival, Yorkton, Saskatchewan, 1999.
Dick and Ada Bird Award for Best Animated Short Film, with a cash prize of $200, Flicks International Children Film Festival, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 1999.
Bronze Plaque Award, Education and Information, Columbus International Film and Video Festival, 1999
Golden Sheaf Award, Best Animation, Golden Sheaf Awards/Short Film and Video Festival, Yorkton, Saskatchewan, 1999.
Dick and Ada Bird Award for Best Animated Short Film, with a cash prize of $200, Flicks International Children Film Festival, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 1999.
Bronze Plaque Award, Education and Information, Columbus International Film and Video Festival, 1999