The Sand Castle

The Sand Castle (1977)

Le château de sable

The sandman sculpts creatures out of sand who build a castle and celebrate the completion of their new home, only to be interrupted by an uninvited guest.

Date of release
1977-12-31
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (36)
Runtime
13m
Genres
Animation, Family, Fantasy
Director
Co Hoedeman

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Montreal
  • Awards: 2 · Nominations: 1. Including: Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film; Annecy Cristal for a Short Film

The Sand Castle is a 1977 stop motion animated short created by Co Hoedeman for the National Film Board of Canada. It won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 50th Academy Awards.

Production

The film was created with sand animation and sand-covered foam rubber puppets–three-dimensional puppet animation was Hoedeman's specialty and, at the time, there were only three or four Canadian filmmakers using the technique. Three boxes of sand were used, with the characters created to fit the smooth, edge-free landscape, and the sand's various textures and colours.

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