Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis's National Film Board of Canada (NFB) animated short The Flying Sailor will make its much-anticipated US festival premiere this fall at the New York City Short Film Festival and AFI FEST in Los Angeles.
This is the latest work by the Calgary-based animation duo of Wendy and Amanda, who shared Best Animated Short Film Academy Award nominations for When the Day Breaks (1999) and Wild Life (2011). Wendy was also nominated individually for Strings (1991).
The Flying Sailor will stream online from October 20 to 23 as part of the 18th NYC Short Film Festival, followed by an in-person screening in LA on Saturday, November 5, at 4 p.m. as part of AFI FEST's Shorts Program 3 at the TCL Chinese Theatre.
The Flying Sailor was inspired by an incredible true-life story from the 1917 Halifax Explosion, the largest accidental non-nuclear explosion in history.
This film comes to the US after its world premiere at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in France, a North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and acclaim on the 2022 global festival circuit.
Awards to date:
- Best Narrative Film, Countryside Animafest Cyprus
- Audience Award for being one of the 10 favourite foreign films, São Paulo International Short Film Festival, Brazil
- Canadian Film Institute Award for Best Canadian Animation, Ottawa International Animation Film Festival, Canada
- Best Animated Short, Calgary International Film Festival, Canada
More about The Flying Sailor (7 min 45 s)
