I Want a Dog (film)
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I Want a Dog | |
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Directed by | Sheldon Cohen |
Produced by | Marcy Page David Verrall |
Starring | Marnie McPhail |
Music by | Zander Ary Vocals: Neko Case[1] |
Edited by | Sheldon Cohen |
Distributed by | National Film Board of Canada |
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10 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
I Want a Dog is a 2003 animated short film, directed by Sheldon Cohen and based on the 1987 children's book of the same title by Dayal Kaur Khalsa. It tells the story of a girl named May who wants more than anything to have a dog. She tries various strategies to get her parents to allow her one, at last settles for having a rollerskate which she treats like a dog, and in the end wins her desire.[2]
The film has garnered 10 international awards, including First Prize from the Chicago International Children's Film Festival.[2]
References
External links
- Watch I Want a Dog at NFB.ca
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). I Want a Dog at IMDb
- FactMonster page
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Categories:
- 2003 films
- English-language films
- Canadian films
- Canadian animated short films
- Canadian children's films
- Films based on children's books
- Films about dogs
- National Film Board of Canada animated shorts
- Films directed by Sheldon Cohen
- 2000s animated short films
- 2003 animated films
- Children's film stubs
- Short animated film stubs