How People Got Fire
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Directed by | Daniel Janke |
Written by | Daniel Janke |
Produced by | Svend-Erik Eriksen, Martin Rose |
Narrated by | Louise Profeit-Leblanc |
Cinematography | Brian Johnson |
Music by | Daniel Janke |
Distributed by | National Film Board of Canada |
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Running time | 16 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Languages | English French[1] |
How People Got Fire is a short, poetic animated film from the Yukon.
Synopsis
[edit]In a snowy village, a talented young girl listens to her grandmother's story of how Crow got fire for the people. A magical realist exploration of aboriginal American spirituality, oral story-telling, and a northern childhood.
About the film
[edit]"This short film is based in part on the story told by the late Kitty Smith of the Kwanlin Dun First Nation."[2]
The film was shot in Carcross-Tagish, Yukon and rotoscoped,[3] with the addition of charcoal drawings by Christopher Auchter, and a contemporary classical sound track by Daniel Janke.[4]
The film was the 2009 World Indigenous Film Awards Winner for Best Animation, and received the 2009 American Indian Film Festival Award, Best Animated Short.[5][6] It received an award for Best Short Documentary at the 2009 Imagine Native Film Media Arts Festival, Toronto, and the TEUEIKAN Second Prize at the 2009 First Peoples' Festival (Land InSights), Montréal.[7] The film was a finalist for the Writers Guild of Canada 2010 Screenwriting Award for Short Subjects.[8]
Festivals
[edit]- "Tromsø International Film Festival, Frozen Land-Moving Pictures", Jan. 18-23, 2011[9]
- "Atlantic Film Festival", Sept. 16-25, 2010, Halifax, Nova Scotia[10]
- "Sprockets: Toronto International Film Festival for Children", April 17–23, 2010[11]
- "ECOFILMS: Rhodos International Films Visual Arts Festival", 2010[12]
- "Animation Celebration!", Museum of the American Indian, New York, February 2010[13]
- "American Indian Film Festival", Nov. 6-14, 2009, San Francisco, CA[6]
- "ImagiNATIVE Film - Media Arts Festival", Oct. 14-18, 2009, Toronto[14]
- "Reel to Real International Film Festival for Youth, Vancouver BC, 2009[15]
- "The Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival", 14–29 October 2009[5]
- "Dreamspeakers Film Festival", June 18–21, 2009[5]
- "Available Light Film Festival," Yukon Arts Center, 2009[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Graduate Scholarship Will Be Legacy of "How People Got Fire"" (Press release). National Film Board of Canada. May 8, 2006. Retrieved February 20, 2010.
- ^ "How People Got Fire - DVD/Comment les humains ont obtenu le feu - DVD". National Film Board of Canada. May 8, 2006. Archived from the original on February 2, 2011. Retrieved January 26, 2010.
- ^ a b "How People Got Fire Premieres at ALFF". "What's Up Yukon, All Northern, All Fun". February 20, 2009. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved February 20, 2010.
- ^ "How People Got Fire excerpt". Daniel Janke. February 20, 2010. Retrieved February 20, 2010.[dead link]
- ^ a b c "Animated Shorts for Younger Audiences". British Film Institute. 2009. Archived from the original on September 14, 2009. Retrieved June 26, 2010.
- ^ a b "34th Annual American Indian Film Festival". American Indian Film Institute. 2009. Archived from the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved June 26, 2010.
- ^ "Film Collection, National Film Board of Canada, How People Got Fire". National Film Board of Canada. August 3, 2010. Retrieved July 24, 2011.
- ^ "The Finalists!". Running with my Eyes Closed, Life at the Intersection of Television and Digital. 2010. Retrieved June 26, 2010.
- ^ "FFN – POLAR FOCUS 2". Tromso International Film Festival. 2010. Retrieved June 26, 2010.
- ^ "How People Got Fire". Atlantic Film Festival. 2010. Archived from the original on October 31, 2009. Retrieved June 26, 2010.
- ^ "How People Got Fire". Sprockets 2010, Toronto International Film Festival for Children. February 20, 2010. Archived from the original on March 13, 2010. Retrieved February 20, 2010.
- ^ "Competition short length films". ECOFILMS: Rhodos International Films Visual Arts Festival. 2010. Retrieved June 26, 2010.
- ^ "How People Got Fire". Animation Celebration!", Museum of the American Indian, New York, February 2010. February 20, 2010. Archived from the original on February 2, 2010. Retrieved February 20, 2010.
- ^ "Shout Out Loud Youth Program-". ImagiNATIVE Film - Media Arts Festival. 2009. Archived from the original on December 14, 2009. Retrieved June 26, 2010.
- ^ "How People Got Fire". Reel to Real International Film Festival for Youth. February 20, 2010. Retrieved February 20, 2010. [dead link]
External links
[edit]- Watch How People Got Fire at the National Film Board of Canada website (requires Adobe Flash)