Pearl

In this animated short from the Hothouse 5 series, a lonely old lady sits in an empty room knitting. As her thoughts wander, her dreams take the shape of fanciful knitted creatures and objects that cocoon her in a pattern of wonder and comfort. Produced as part of the 5th edition of the NFB’s Hothouse apprenticeship.

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In this animated short from the Hothouse 5 series, a lonely old lady sits in an empty room knitting. As her thoughts wander, her dreams take the shape of fanciful knitted creatures and objects that cocoon her in a pattern of wonder and comfort.



Produced as part of the 5th edition of the NFB’s Hothouse apprenticeship.

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Credits

• writer
  Neely Goniodsky
  
• director
  Neely Goniodsky
  
• mentoring director
  Alison Reiko Loader
  
  Janet Perlman
  
  Steve Woloshen
  
• music
  Luigi Allemano
  
• sound design
  Luigi Allemano
  
• editor
  Jelena Popovic
  
• infographics
  Susan Gourley
  
  Louis-André Fortin
  
• musician
  Luigi Allemano
  
  Mariane Croteau
  
  François Pilon
  
  John Sadowy
  
• foley artist
  Karla Baumgardner
  
• sound editor
  Luigi Allemano
  
• sound recorder
  Geoffrey Mitchell
  
• mix
  Geoffrey Mitchell
  
• technical coordinator
  Julie Laperrière
  
• online editor
  Yannick Carrier
  
• marketing
  Mia Desroches
  
  Patrick Viegas
  
• administration
  Gisèle Guilbault
  
  Rosalina Di Sario
  
• executive producer
  David Verrall
  
• producer
  Michael Fukushima
  
• associate producer
  Maral Mohammadian
  

Education

Ages 11 to 12

School subjects

Arts Education - Visual Arts Diversity - Identity

As the elderly lady's fingers knit and purl, she attaches a memory of a thing, time, place, event or person to a stitch in the pattern of her knitting. Students can create a collage, a piece of art or knit a piece that represents their memories or their identity.

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