HA'Aki is a 2008 animated short by Iriz Pääbo, portraying the filmmaker's subjective look at ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

, utilizing a technique she describes as "animbits." The film's title is an unusual phonetic spelling of the word "hockey." HA'Aki received a Golden Nica at the Prix Ars Electronica

Prix Ars Electronica

The Prix Ars Electronica is one of the most important yearly prizes in the field of electronic and interactive art, computer animation, digital culture and music...

, and two jury special mentions, at Animadrid and the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma

Festival du Nouveau Cinéma

The Festival du Nouveau Cinéma was known as the Montreal Festival of New Cinema and New Media until 2004. Founded in 1971, by Claude Chamberlan and Dimitri Eipides, it is an annual independent film festival held in Montreal and features independent films from around the world...

. It is produced by the National Film Board of Canada

National Film Board of Canada

The National Film Board of Canada is Canada's twelve-time Academy Award-winning public film producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary, animation, alternative drama and digital media productions...

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External links

• Watch HA'Aki at NFB.ca