The Hungry Squid

{{short description|2002 short film}} {{Infobox film | name = The Hungry Squid | image = | caption = | director = [[John Weldon (animator)|John Weldon]] | producer = [[Marcy Page]] | writer = John Weldon | narrator = [[Derek McGrath]] | starring = | music = John Weldon | cinematography = | editing = | studio = [[National Film Board of Canada]] (NFB) | distributor = | released = {{Film date|2002}} | runtime = 15 minutes | country = Canada | language = English | budget = | gross = }} '''''The Hungry Squid''''' is 2002 animated short film by [[John Weldon (animator)|John Weldon]], about a young girl whose homework and personal life is being disrupted by creatures, including a giant ravenous [[squid]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Vonder Haar|first=Pete|title=THE HUNGRY SQUID|url=http://www.filmthreat.com/reviews/4458/|accessdate=6 August 2012|newspaper=[[Film Threat]]|date=17 April 2003|format=Review}}</ref> The film was animated using Weldon's personal style of [[do-it-yourself]] filmmaking, combining low-budget computer animation with puppets, photos and [[stop-motion animation]] in a technique he calls "digital recyclomation." The film's producer, [[Marcy Page]], had coined the term "recyclomation" during production of Weldon's 1991 film, ''[[The Lump]]''.<ref name="coll">{{cite web|title=The Hungry Squid|url=http://www.onf-nfb.gc.ca/eng/collection/film/?id=50918|work=Collection|publisher=[[National Film Board of Canada]]|accessdate=30 September 2010|archive-date=28 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928143422/http://www.onf-nfb.gc.ca/eng/collection/film/?id=50918|url-status=live}}</ref>

This [[National Film Board of Canada]] production received seven awards, including the [[Genie Award for Best Animated Short]] and the Platinum Award at the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival. The film is narrated by [[Derek McGrath]].<ref name="coll"/>

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==External links== *{{NFB film|hungry_squid}} *{{IMDb title|0347212}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hungry Squid}} [[Category:National Film Board of Canada animated short films]] [[Category:Films directed by John Weldon]] [[Category:Stop-motion animated short films]] [[Category:Best Animated Short Film Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners]] [[Category:2002 animated short films]] [[Category:2000s Canadian animated films]] [[Category:2002 Canadian films]]