Comet

198512 min 18 secFilm: Animation

Direction: Sidney Goldsmith

Production: Sidney GoldsmithDouglas MacDonald

Script: Sidney Goldsmith

Throughout history, comets have stirred the human imagination. This information-packed, science animation film describes the general phenomenon of comets, and the radical transformations they undergo as they approach the sun. Superb drawings re-create the intergalactic universe with impact and accuracy. Particular attention is given to Halley's comet, which reappears every seventy-six years.

Availability


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Subject categories


  • Sciences > AnimationAstronomy and Space Sciences

Credits


director
Sidney Goldsmith
producer
Sidney Goldsmith
script
Sidney Goldsmith
animation
Sidney Goldsmith
executive producer
Douglas MacDonald
camera
Pierre Landry
Jacques Avoine
re-recording
Hans Peter Strobl
narrator
Nicole Parizeau
music
Ben Low

Awards


  • Honorary CertificateInternational Scientific Film Festival
  • First Place - Category: Science Films / AstronomyNational Educational Media Network Competition
  • Honorable MentionInternational Week of Scientific Film
  • Best Educational FilmInternational Animated Film Festival
  • Silver Dolphin Award - Category: Didactic and Informative Films International Animated Film Festival / CINANIMA
  • Special Merit Award to Sidney Goldsmith - Category: Films from 5 to 15 minutesInternational Animation Festival