Synopsis:
The story of a shepherd’s single handed quest to re-forest a barren valley.
- Director:
- Frédéric Back
- Year:
- 1987
- Country:
- Canada
- Running time:
- 31 min.
- Technique:
- Hand-drawn Animation, Paint On Glass Animation
- Original title:
- L'homme qui plantait des arbres
- Production type:
- Professional
- Animator:
- Frédéric Back
- Script writers:
- Jean Giono, Jean Roberts
- Music composer:
- Normand Roger
- Sound designer:
- Hervé J. Bibeau
- Editor:
- Norbert Pickering
- Productions:
- Société, Radio-Canada
- Tags:
- Nature, Hope, Poetic, Transformation, Sustainability, War, Time, Slow
- Audience:
- 7+
- Festival selections:
- Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival
- Awards:
- Oscar / 1988 / Best animated film, Annecy / 1988 / Cristal for Short Film
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