Comments on: Help me find this animated short

Question: Help me find this animated short

Fupped Duck — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 05:24:02 -0800

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?

By: psyward

psyward — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 05:48:03 -0800

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.

By: psyward

psyward — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 05:56:05 -0800

National film board of canada

Maybe your searching can do more work than mine.

By: Fupped Duck

Fupped Duck — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 06:03:28 -0800

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

By: fish tick

fish tick — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 06:06:02 -0800

Not this very old one, is it?

By: solid-one-love

solid-one-love — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 06:17:14 -0800

Was it "La Plage"?

By: Fupped Duck

Fupped Duck — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 06:42:41 -0800

No fishtick, but thats somewhat oin the style of the animation as I recall.

By: psyward

psyward — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 06:55:30 -0800

Similar style to that one sabina.

By: mendel

mendel — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 09:05:10 -0800

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!

By: blindcarboncopy

blindcarboncopy — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 23:21:24 -0800

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.