HA'Aki
In this short abstract-impressionist film the animation and music were made simultaneously in an organic process of symbiotic creativity. Filmmaker Iriz Pääbo tells the highly subjective story of a complete hockey game using a new cinematic vocabulary she calls "animbits." Pääbo readily admits she is not the biggest fan of Canada's national game, so the great, though highly underappreciated NHL stalwart of the '60s and '70s, Eric Nesterenko, was her hockey muse in this artistic journey. A lyrical and wonderfully unorthodox interpretation of hockey.
In this short abstract-impressionist film the animation and music were made simultaneously in an organic process of symbiotic creativity. Filmmaker Iriz Pääbo tells the highly subjective story of a complete hockey game using a new cinematic vocabulary she calls "animbits." Pääbo readily admits she is not the biggest fan of Canada's national game, so the great, though highly underappreciated NHL stalwart of the '60s and '70s, Eric Nesterenko, was her hockey muse in this artistic journey. A lyrical and wonderfully unorthodox interpretation of hockey.
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directorIriz Pääbo
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original musicIriz Pääbo
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sound designIriz Pääbo
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sound editingGeoffrey Mitchell
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re-recordingShelley Craig
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digital imaging specialistSusan GourleyPierre Plouffe
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online editingYannick Carrier
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titlesGaspard Gaudreau
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technical coordinationJulie Laperrière
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production coordinationRosalina Di Sario
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administrationGisèle Guilbault
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marketing managerMia Desroches
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executive producerDavid Verrall
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producerMichael Fukushima
Have students write a song or a poem that focuses on the sounds and flash images of Canada's favourite sport, hockey.
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HA'Aki, Iriz Pääbo, provided by the National Film Board of Canada