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The Sand Castle/Le château de sable

Description

A fable of great humor and appeal, The Sand Castle is the story of the Sandman and the creatures he sculpts out of sand. Under his direction, they build a castle and celebrate the completion of their new home, only to be interrupted by an uninvited guest. The wind blows, and the castle crumbles. The filmmaker leaves the door open to various interpretations. Sound film without words.

1977, 13 min 12 s

Directed by
Co Hoedeman
Produced by
Gaston Sarault
Production Agency
National Film Board of Canada

Credits

Director
Co Hoedeman
Producer
Gaston Sarault
Executive producer
Pierre Moretti
Editing
Jacques Drouin
Music
Normand Roger

Awards

  • Vira Award for Best Kid Video release of 1991

    Vira Awards
    April 1 1992, New York - USA
  • Silver Award "Simple Simon"

    International Fairy Tale Festival
    August 5 to 12 1979, Odense - Denmark
  • Platinum Eye Award for the Best Film Produced in 1978 and for the Best Film of the Festival

    Annual AMER Film Awards (The Association of Media Educators in Religion)
    April 20 1979, Dubuque - USA
  • Mention for Best Animation Film

    International Festival of Films for Children and Young Adults
    March 20 to 24 1979, Lausanne - Switzerland
  • Electra Certificate Award for Most Outstanding Film - Category: Early Childhood

    International Educational Film Festival
    March 7 to 14 1979, Birmingham - USA
  • Award given by the Learning Magazine

    Learning A-V Magazine
    December 1 1978, Palo Alto - USA
  • First Prize - with a Cash Award of 15,000SA

    International Short Film Festival
    October 27 to 31 1978, Linz - Austria
  • Chris Bronze Plaque - Category: Arts and Culture

    International Film and Video Festival
    October 19 1978, Columbus - USA
  • Honorable Mention - Best Film for Children

    Childfilm Festival of the Canadian Association for Young Children
    October 13 to 15 1978, Winnipeg - Canada
  • 1978 Golden Babe Award

    Chicagoland Educational Film Festival
    September 28 to October 13 1978, Chicago - USA
  • First Prize - Category: Short Film and Animation with a Cash Award of $500AUST

    International Film Festival
    September 22 to October 1 1978, Adelaide - Australia
  • Most Popular Film of Friday - given by Asifa Canada

    International Animation Festival
    August 30 to September 3 1978, Ottawa - Canada
  • Third Prize - Silver Boomerang with a Cash Award of $1,500AUST

    International Film Festival
    June 2 to 17 1978, Melbourne - Australia
  • Blue Ribbon Award - Category: Language Arts

    Itinerant - American Film and Video Festival
    May 21 to 26 1978, New York - USA
  • Oscar - Category: Short Film Awards - Animation

    Annual Academy Awards / OSCARS
    March 28 1978, Hollywood - USA
  • Diploma of Merit

    International Short Film Festival
    February 15 to 19 1978, Tampere - Finland
  • Special COLIOP Mention (Comité Lillois d'opinion publique)

    International Festsival of Short and Documentary Films
    December 5 to 11 1977, Lille - France
  • Silver Dolphin for the Best Film from 12 to 15 minutes

    International Animated Film Festival / CINANIMA
    November 23 to 27 1977, Espinho - Portugal
  • Silver Hugo

    International Film Festival
    November 4 to 17 1977, Chicago - USA
  • Award of Excellence

    Film Advisory Board Incorporated
    November 1 1977, Los Angeles - USA
  • Grand Prize of the Festival - ex-aequo with DAVID by Paul Driessen - Category: Short Films

    International Animated Film Festival
    June 14 to 18 1977, Annecy - France
  • Saint Finbarr Bronze Statuette for Best Film - Category: Animation

    Corona Cork Film Festival
    June 10 to 17 1977, Cork - Ireland

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