DFE at VOX Shorts Programme - Canary
Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Film Festival 2022
Pierre-Hugues Dallaire, Benoit Therriault / Canada / 2022 / 12 min / Colour / Unknown / In No Dialogue / (No Subtitles) subtitles
Rated: 
Parental guidance is advised. Some material may be inappropriate for young children.
Description
Young Sonny doesn’t like mining much, so he trains his pet canary to play dead to get the day off in this well-crafted animated short about honesty, integrity, and friendship.
Director
Pierre-Hugues Dallaire
PH & Ben have been directing together for over 12 years. Their short films and commissioned work have been featured at the Annecy International Film Festival (Share the Joy, IGA; Vraiment Frais, IGA; Aide Gourmet, IGA). Other accolades include Vimeo Staff Picks for ‘Share the Joy’, an Honourable Mention at the Queen Palm International Film Festival, ‘LottoMax Bear’, and a CREA Award for ‘MSSS Smoke’. Their short-circuited but notable attempt at making the short film ‘Outside’ in 2016 led them to ‘Canary’.
Benoit Therriault
PH & Ben have been directing together for over 12 years. Their short films and commissioned work have been featured at the Annecy International Film Festival (Share the Joy, IGA; Vraiment Frais, IGA; Aide Gourmet, IGA). Other accolades include Vimeo Staff Picks for ‘Share the Joy’, an Honourable Mention at the Queen Palm International Film Festival, ‘LottoMax Bear’, and a CREA Award for ‘MSSS Smoke’. Their short-circuited but notable attempt at making the short film ‘Outside’ in 2016 led them to ‘Canary’.
Credits
- Screenwriter
- Pierre-Hugues Dallaire, Thomas Michael, Benoit Therriault
- Producer
- Marie-Cécile Dahan
- Cinematographer
- Philippe Sylvain, Jonathan Meret
- Editor
- Guillaume Poulin
- Music
- Iohann M. Miller