Spartree

1977 Canadian film

  • 1977 (1977)
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Spartree is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by Phillip Borsos and released in 1977.[1] A process documentary about loggers preparing a spar tree for use in a cable logging operation, it won the Canadian Film Award for Best Theatrical Short Film at the 27th Canadian Film Awards.[2]

To achieve the film's climactic shot, Borsos assembled 12 different cameras around the forest floor.[3]

In addition to its Canadian Film Award win for Best Theatrical Short Film, it won the awards for Best Cinematography in a Non-Feature and Best Sound in a Non-Feature.[2]

The film was also later the subject of Spartree: Making the Film, a documentary about its creation.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Borsos, Phillip". The Canadian Encyclopedia, December 2, 2007.
  2. ^ a b Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7737-3238-1. pp. 117-119.
  3. ^ "Clear and independent". Cinema Canada, August 1979.
  4. ^ William Beard and Jerry White, North of Everything: English-Canadian Cinema Since 1980. University of Alberta, 2002. ISBN 9780888643902. Chapter "Directed by Phillip Borsos" by Blaine Allan, pp. 106-121.

External links

  • Spartree at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • Spartree at the Canadian Educational, Sponsored, and Industrial Film (CESIF) Project, Concordia University
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Films directed by Phillip Borsos
  • Cooperage (1976)
  • Spartree (1977)
  • Nails (1979)
  • The Grey Fox (1982)
  • The Mean Season (1985)
  • One Magic Christmas (1985)
  • Bethune: The Making of a Hero (1990)
  • Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog (1995)
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1 These two films were given honorable mentions rather than officially winning the award, but are included here as no other winner was named above them.


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