Mud
Children guide the audience through a vision of shifting digital polygons in this CGI take of the beloved NFB classic Helicopter Canada. Produced as part of the 10th edition of the NFB’s Hothouse apprenticeship.
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Hothouse2003 - 2024 14 editionsShort, surprising and always entertaining! Watch a collection of one-minute animated shorts from our Hothouse animation mentorship program, past and present.
Children guide the audience through a vision of shifting digital polygons in this CGI take of the beloved NFB classic Helicopter Canada.
Produced as part of the 10th edition of the NFB’s Hothouse apprenticeship.
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directorNeal Moignard
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mentoring directorChris Landreth
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producerMaral Mohammadian
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executive producerMichael Fukushima
Use this short film to help students develop their descriptive writing skills for short-story writing. Show a segment of the original NFB film, Helicopter Canada, and ask students to comment on similarities and differences between the styles of the two films. Use the film as an introduction to the study of the physical geography of Canada and address how the country varies so much according to geographic regions.