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The Squirrel Next Door

2007 1 min
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This stop-motion animation is about a spider who professes its love for a squirrel. An interspecies courtship unfolds between the two doe-eyed neighbours. This short film is a testament to the fact that there is truly someone for everyone and that love is species blind. Produced as part of the fourth edition of the NFB’s Hothouse apprenticeship.

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The Squirrel Next Door
  • 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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This stop-motion animation is about a spider who professes its love for a squirrel. An interspecies courtship unfolds between the two doe-eyed neighbours. This short film is a testament to the fact that there is truly someone for everyone and that love is species blind.



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

  • director
    Carla Coma
  • mentoring director
    Torill Kove
  • associate producer
    Maral Mohammadian
  • music
    Luigi Allemano
  • sound design
    Luigi Allemano
  • musician
    Luigi Allemano
    Michael Bérard
    Sheila Hannigan
    John Sadowy
    Heather Schnarr
  • sound recording
    Geoffrey Mitchell
    Luigi Allemano
    Shelley Craig
    Luc Léger
    Sylvain Cajelais
  • mix
    Geoffrey Mitchell
    Luigi Allemano
    Shelley Craig
    Luc Léger
    Sylvain Cajelais
  • foley sound
    Karla Baumgardner
  • technical coordinator
    Julie Laperrière
  • off-line editor
    Carrie Haber
  • online editor
    David Oxilia
  • editing technician
    Ochelle Greenidge
  • infographics
    Randall Finnerty
    Susan Gourley
    Louis-André Fortin
  • marketing
    Mia Desroches
    Melissa Wheeler
  • administration
    Gisèle Guilbault
    Rosalina Di Sario
  • executive producer
    David Verrall
  • producer
    Michael Fukushima

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