Stowaway
Foreign title: Clandestin (French)
- Studio
- National Film Board of Canada, Filmografò, Radiotelevisao Portuguesa
- Distributor
- National Film Board of Canada
Synopsis
On a cold and dreary Christmas Eve, in a gloomy fogbound seaport, docks a tired old freighter. Deep in its hold, a stowaway is hiding. The crew members leave the ship and go their separate ways. After nightfall, the stowaway tries to make it to dry land by sliding down a rope, but he is paralyzed with fear.
Characters
Stowaway
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Abi Feijo
Producing
- Producer
- Abi Feijo, Davide Freitas, Pierre Hébert, Marcel Jean
- Associate Producer, Post-Production
- Marc Bertrand
- Assistant to the Producer
- Francine Langdeau
- Associate Producers
- Joao Garçao Borges, Ricardo Nogueira, Luis Avelar
Animation
- Animator
- Abi Feijo, Regina Pessoa
Voices
Music
- Music
- Tentugal
Editing
- Editor
- Saguenail, Regina Guimaraes
Crew
- Sound Design
- Tentugal
- Foley Assistant
- Bruno Sousa
- Voice Recording
- Emiliano Toste, Richard-Olivier Jenson
- Voice Editing
- Leopoldo Gutierrez
- Re-Recording
- Serge Boivin, Jean Paul Vialard
- Negative Cutting
- Ana De Lurdes, Claudine Blain
- Technical Coordination
- Andrée Delagrave
- Technical Advisor
- Claude Chevalier
- Administration
- Ana Vila Real, Maryse Chapdelaine
Production notes
Using sand animation on underlit glass plates, "Stowaway" is adapted from a story by Portuguese writer José Rodrigues Miguéis. Profoundly melancholy in its expressive and richly textured imagery, the film is about one man's agonizing struggle for freedom.
Awards
Award for Best Animation Film, Rencontres de Cinéma Portugais, Coimbra, Portugal, 2001.
Public Award, Rencontres de Cinéma Portugais, Coimbra, Portugal, 2001.
Prix Onda Curta, Fantasporto, Porto, Portugal, 2001.
Cartoon Portugal Award, Best Portuguese Film in International Competition, with a cash prize of 200,000PTE ($1,360 Canadia), International Animated Film Festival/CINANIMA, Espinho, Portugal, 2000.
FNAC Award, Best Script of a Portuguese Film, with a cash prize of 200,00PTE ($1,360 Canadian), International Animated Film Festival/CINANIMA, Espinho, Portugal, 2000.
Grand Prix of the Festival, ANIFEST, Trebon, Czech Republic, 2003.
Fabrizio Bellocchio Award, Prize for the Best Social Content, International Festival of Animated Films/I Castelli Animati, Genzano, Italy, 2001.
Special Mention, Matita Film Festival, Guardiagrele, Italy, 2001
Public Award, Rencontres de Cinéma Portugais, Coimbra, Portugal, 2001.
Prix Onda Curta, Fantasporto, Porto, Portugal, 2001.
Cartoon Portugal Award, Best Portuguese Film in International Competition, with a cash prize of 200,000PTE ($1,360 Canadia), International Animated Film Festival/CINANIMA, Espinho, Portugal, 2000.
FNAC Award, Best Script of a Portuguese Film, with a cash prize of 200,00PTE ($1,360 Canadian), International Animated Film Festival/CINANIMA, Espinho, Portugal, 2000.
Grand Prix of the Festival, ANIFEST, Trebon, Czech Republic, 2003.
Fabrizio Bellocchio Award, Prize for the Best Social Content, International Festival of Animated Films/I Castelli Animati, Genzano, Italy, 2001.
Special Mention, Matita Film Festival, Guardiagrele, Italy, 2001