The Sand Castle
Encyclopedia
The Sand Castle is a 1977 stop motion
animated short by Co Hoedeman
. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 50th Academy Awards
, the film was produced by Gaston Sarault for the National Film Board of Canada
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Stop motion
Stop motion is an animation technique to make a physically manipulated object appear to move on its own. The object is moved in small increments between individually photographed frames, creating the illusion of movement when the series of frames is played as a continuous sequence...
animated short by Co Hoedeman
Co Hoedeman
Jacobus Willem Hoedeman is a Dutch-Canadian filmmaker known for his mastery of stop motion animation and technical innovation in films that reveal his close observation of human and social interaction.-Biography:...
. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 50th Academy Awards
50th Academy Awards
The 50th Academy Awards were held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California on April 3, 1978. The ceremonies were presided over by Bob Hope, who hosted the awards for the eighteenth and last time....
, the film was produced by Gaston Sarault for 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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