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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
Other versions
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