The Flying Sailor
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| Directed by | Wendy Tilby Amanda Forbis |
| Written by | Wendy Tilby Amanda Forbis |
| Produced by | David Christensen |
| Music by | Luigi Allemano |
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Running time | 8 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
The Flying Sailor is a 2022 Canadian independent[1] animated short film directed by Oscar-nominated directors[2] Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis.[3] The film debuted at the 2022 Annecy International Animation Film Festival[4][5] and has received several nominations and awards, including a nomination for Best Animated Short Film at the 95th Academy Awards,[6] and winning the award for the Best Canadian Film at the Ottawa International Animation Festival.[7]
The film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2022.[8]
Plot
[edit | edit source]When a nearby ship explodes, a sailor is launched on an unexpected existential voyage.[9] The 8-minute short explores the fragility of life through a sailor's near-death experience[10] inspired by the real life catastrophic Halifax Explosion of 1917. The last credit states the film is dedicated to "Charlie Mayers - A Sailor who, in the Halifax Explosion of 1917, flew over 2 kilometers and lived to tell about it."[11][12]
Inspiration
[edit | edit source]Charles Mayers was an officer aboard the SS Middleham Castle, a ship moored at a wharf in Halifax Harbour on the morning of the explosion. Mayers was blow from the ship's deck to land on Fort Needham Hill overlooking the harbour, injured and naked but alive. Tilby and Forbis were inspired by the story when they encountered it on a visit to the Halifax Explosion exhibit at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax.[13]
Reception
[edit | edit source]| Year | Award | Award/Category | Status | Ref |
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| 2022 | Ottawa International Animation Festival | Best Canadian Film | Won | [7][14] |
| Calgary International Film Festival | Best Animated Film | Won | [15] | |
| Countryside Animafest Cyprus | Best Narrative Film | Won | [16] | |
| 2023 | 95th Academy Awards | Best Animated Short Film | Nominated | [17] |
| 11th Canadian Screen Awards | Best Animated Short | Won | [18] | |
| Sundance Film Festival | Short Jury Award: Animation | Won | [19] |
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Know Your Indie Filmmaker: Amanda Forbis And Wendy Tilby|Cartoon Brew
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- ^ Pat Mullen, "Three Feature Docs Make Canada’s Top Ten". Point of View, December 8, 2022.
- ^ Alex Heeney, "Ten must-see shorts at TIFF 2022". Seventh Row, September 8, 2022.
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- ^ Sabine Antigua, "In Oscar-nominated film ‘The Flying Sailor history and imagination collide", The Signal, Jan. 27, 2023
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- ^ 'The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse' Wins Best Animated Short Film | 95th Oscars (2023)
- ^ Jenna Benchetrit, "Brother dominates with a dozen wins on third night of Canadian Screen Awards". CBC News, April 13, 2023.
- ^ Sundance Film Festival
External links
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- The Flying Sailor Trailer on YouTube
- Video on YouTube, posted by The New Yorker
- The Flying Sailor to stream on The New Yorker
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- 2022 films
- 2022 animated short films
- Canadian animated short films
- Animated films without speech
- Existentialist films
- Films set in 1917
- Films directed by Wendy Tilby
- Films set in the 1910s
- Sundance Film Festival award–winning films
- Best Animated Short Film Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners
- 2020s Canadian animated films