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Feather

2006 1 min
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In this short animation a little creature watches the transformation of a feather and follows a whale to where icebergs melt, leaving birds with nowhere to land. The materials used include old gloves, costume jewellery and Plasticine. Technique: puppet and object animation with drawn animation. Produced as part of the third edition of the NFB’s Hothouse apprenticeship.

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  • Hothouse
    Hothouse
    2003 - 2024 14 editions
    Short, surprising and always entertaining! Watch a collection of one-minute animated shorts from our Hothouse animation mentorship program, past and present.

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In this short animation a little creature watches the transformation of a feather and follows a whale to where icebergs melt, leaving birds with nowhere to land. The materials used include old gloves, costume jewellery and Plasticine. Technique: puppet and object animation with drawn animation.



Produced as part of the third edition of the NFB’s Hothouse apprenticeship.

  • director
    Elisabeth Belliveau
  • mentoring director
    Shira Avni
  • sound
    Luigi Allemano
  • original music
    Luigi Allemano
  • musician
    Sheila Hannigan
    Frank Lozano
    François Pilon
    Luigi Allemano
  • infographics
    Benoît Chagnon
    Susan Gourley
  • recording
    Geoffrey Mitchell
  • mixing
    Geoffrey Mitchell
  • off-line editor
    Phyllis Lewis
    Denis Gathelier
  • online editing
    Phyllis Lewis
    Denis Gathelier
  • technical coordination
    Julie Laperrière
  • administration
    Gisèle Guilbault
    Rosalina Di Sario
  • executive producer
    David Verrall
  • producer
    Michael Fukushima

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