Le Matelot volant

Original title: The Flying Sailor

2022
8m

IMDb RATING

5.9/10

2.3K

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Animation Short

A sailor is sent hurtling into the sky by the Halifax Explosion.A sailor is sent hurtling into the sky by the Halifax Explosion.A sailor is sent hurtling into the sky by the Halifax Explosion.

Directors
- Amanda Forbis
- Wendy Tilby
Writers
- Amanda Forbis
- Wendy Tilby

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

5.9/10

2.3K

YOUR RATING

Directors
- Amanda Forbis
- Wendy Tilby
Writers
- Amanda Forbis
- Wendy Tilby

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 3 wins & 13 nominations total

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Trivia
Inspired by the 1917 Halifax Explosion, particularly the account of a sailor who flew two kilometers (approximately 1.2 miles) and landed completely unharmed, but completely naked.

Connections
Featured in 2023 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Animation (2023)

Well done! But it's not a history lesson.

Great short on just one storyline of the many available on this horrific event.

If you want to know more about the explosion then search it, there's plenty out there. Don't assume this short is anything but that, a short of one person's story. Don't rate it poor because you want it to be what it's not.

These take a LONG time to make, appreciate that.

I liked the music, the flashbacks, the colouring, the rawness, right down to some gestures the sailor makes. I won't give it away, it's a short after all.

You can watch it on NFB website and youtube. NFB stands for National Film Board of Canada.