Help me find this animated short

June 4, 2006 5:24 AM

I'd like to find the title and/or creator of this amazing Canadian animated short film. I saw it once, on TV, I believe it to be NFB sponsored production. I'm pretty sure its less than 7 years since it was made. A person is rowing a boat on a lake, or perhaps skating on ice, when they falls below the surface. An intensely cool stream of of life events transpire over the next few minutes, and then they reach the surface again and draw a huge breath of air. I seem to recall the film maker was a woman, but I could be wrong.

Also: Since the gov't pays for these films, are they available online?

posted by Fupped Duck to media & arts (9 comments total)

I think i remember seeing that on superchannel wayyy back.

Was it in the same style as the Log Driver's Waltz?

Might be a start.
posted by psyward at 5:48 AM on June 4, 2006

National film board of canada

Maybe your searching can do more work than mine.
posted by psyward at 5:56 AM on June 4, 2006

unfortunately, its a lost cause with neither title nor director....
posted by Fupped Duck at 6:03 AM on June 4, 2006

Not this very old one, is it?
posted by fish tick at 6:06 AM on June 4, 2006

Was it "La Plage"?
posted by solid-one-love at 6:17 AM on June 4, 2006

No fishtick, but thats somewhat oin the style of the animation as I recall.
posted by Fupped Duck at 6:42 AM on June 4, 2006

Similar style to that one sabina.
posted by psyward at 6:55 AM on June 4, 2006

unfortunately, its a lost cause with neither title nor director....

Not necessarily. The NFB doesn't put their material online, but does categorize their holdings well, and invites inquiries about particular films. If anyone were to have the resources to find it, it'd be them!
posted by mendel at 9:05 AM on June 4, 2006

This is probably not helpful, since this movie is neither animated nor Canadian, but from reading the description I could have sworn you were asking about An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge.
posted by blindcarboncopy at 11:21 PM on June 5, 2006