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 |
| Edited by | Andrew Connors |
| Music by | Daniel Janke |
| Animation by | Christopher Auchter Stuart Andrew Sharp Jay White |
| 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]- How People Got Fire at IMDb
- Watch How People Got Fire at the National Film Board of Canada website (requires Adobe Flash)