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Return to Hairy Hill (French: Retour à Hairy Hill) is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Daniel Gies and released in 2023.[1] Blending two-dimensional, three-dimensional and puppet animation styles, the film is based on the true story of Gies's grandmother, who made an effort to keep her siblings together after they were abandoned by their parents but was ultimately separated from them after they were taken into protective custody and was never successfully reunited with all of them in her lifetime.[2]

Return to Hairy Hill
FrenchRetour à Hairy Hill
Directed byDaniel Gies
Written byDaniel Gies
Emily Paige
Produced byEmily Paige
CinematographySébastien Gros
Music byTyler Fitzmaurice
Jessica Moss
Production
company
E.D. FILMS
Release date
  • May 12, 2023 (2023-05-12) (SCA)
Running time
17 minutes
CountryCanada

The film premiered at the 2023 les Sommets du cinéma d'animation.[1]

Plot

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In an isolated prairie home at Hairy Hill, Alberta, a young girl shoulders the burden of caring for her three siblings and navigating a dysfunctional relationship with their mother. When the mother mysteriously transforms into a bird and abandons her children, this resilient eldest sister struggles to maintain their isolated existence. As the siblings, one by one, undergo a metamorphosis into animals and forsake her for the enchanting forest, she faces a poignant choice: embrace her own transformation and join them in the vast wilderness of their home or defy fate, embracing her scarred humanity, and venture into the towns and cities of the world to forge her own destiny.

Accolades

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Award Year Category Status Ref
Sommets du cinéma d'animation 2023 Grand Prix Guy L. Coté pour le Meilleur film d'animation canadien Won [3]
Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival 2023 Outstanding Animated Short Film Won [4]
GIRAF International Festival of Independent Animation 2023 Top Canadian short Film Honored [5]
VIEW Conference 2023 2023 Grand Prize Won [6]
Los Angeles International Children's Film Festival 2024 Daniel Koops Award for Outstanding Film Score Won
Festival international du film pour enfants de Montréal 2024 Prix de meilleur court-métrage d'animation (Best Animated Short Prize) Won [7]
Canadian Screen Awards 2024 Best Animated Short Nominated [8]
Prix Iris 2024 Best Animated Short Film Nominated [9]

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