DFE at VOX Shorts Programme - Canary
Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Film Festival 2022
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