Directed by Daniel Janke Narrated by Louise Profeit-Leblanc Cinematography Brian Johnson | Written by Daniel Janke Music by Daniel Janke | |
Produced by Svend-Erik Eriksen, Martin Rose | ||
How People Got Fire is a short, poetic animated film from the Yukon.
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Synopsis
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 Native spirituality, oral storytelling, and a northern childhood.
About the film
"This short film is based in part on the story told by the late Kitty Smith of the Kwanlin Dun First Nation."
The film was shot in Carcross-Tagish, Yukon and rotoscoped, with the addition of charcoal drawings by Christopher Auchter, and a contemporary classical sound track by Daniel Janke.
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. 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. The film was a finalist for the Writers Guild of Canada 2010 Screenwriting Award for Short Subjects.