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The Owl Who Married a Goose: An Eskimo Legend is a 1974 Canadian animated short from Caroline Leaf, produced by the National Film Board of Canada and the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs.

The Owl Who Married a Goose: An Eskimo Legend
Directed by	Caroline Leaf
Based on	an Inuit legend
Produced by	Pierre Moretti
Edited by	Pierre Lemelin
Distributed by	National Film Board of Canada
Release date	1974 (Canada)
Running time	7 minutes 38 seconds
Country	Canada
Language	Inuktitut

Synopsis

Leaf worked with Inuit artists in the interpretation and design of this film which uses sand on a glass slide lit from below (sand animation) to tell this classic Inuit legend. Despite being from different species, an owl and goose marry. When the goose obeys nature and joins the other geese migrating south, the owl follows but can't keep up, and when the geese stop over on a lake, the owl is unable to float on the water and sinks to the bottom. Although the birds speak to each other in Inuktitut without subtitles, there is little doubt about what is transpiring.[1][2]

Reception

Millimeter wrote, “The film is one of exquisite delicacy and bitter sweet humor, a triumph of sincere animation in a technique far removed from traditional cel methods.”[3]

Monthly Film Bulletinwrote, “Caroline Leaf displays in this abstract love story the rich and tonal skills which she later used to effect in The Street."[4]

Awards and nominations

• Canadian Film Award – Animated Short, Non-Feature Overall Sound
• BAFTA – Nomination for Best Animated Short
• Ottawa International Animation Festival – First Prize, Films for Children

References

External links

• Official website
• The Owl Who Married a Goose: An Eskimo Legend at IMDb
• The short film The Owl Who Married a Goose: An Eskimo Legend is available for free download at the Internet Archive.

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