''George and Rosemary'' is a 1987

animated short Animation is a method by which still figures are manipulated to appear as moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Today, most anima ...

co-directed by

Alison Snowden Alison Snowden (born 4 April 1958) is an English animator, voice actress, producer, and screenwriter best known for ''Bob and Margaret'' alongside her Oscar-winning short ''Bob's Birthday'' which was also co-directed by her husband David Fine (f ...

and David Fine, about two "golden agers" who prove that passion is not exclusively for the young.

Storyline

George, an old dreamer, has a secret love for the woman directly next door to him. However, while he can sweep her off her feet in his imagination; actually doing it is a different matter. So he stays at his home as he works to build up the gumption to see her.

Production

Produced by Eunice Macaulay for the

National Film Board of Canada The National Film Board of Canada (NFB; french: Office national du film du Canada (ONF)) is Canada's public film and digital media producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary f ...

, the film was narrated by

Cec Linder Cecil Yekuthial Linder (March 10, 1921 – April 10, 1992) was a Polish-born Canadian film and television actor. He was Jewish and managed to escape Poland before the Holocaust. In the 1950s and 1960s, he worked extensively in the United Kingdom, ...

Accolades

The film received the

Genie Award The Genie Awards were given out annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to recognize the best of Canadian cinema from 1980–2012. They succeeded the Canadian Film Awards (1949–1978; also known as the "Etrog Awards," for scu ...

for Best Short Film and was nominated for an

Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film The Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film is an award given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) as part of the annual Academy Awards, or Oscars, since the 5th Academy Awards (with different names), covering the year ...

at the

60th Academy Awards The 60th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on April 11, 1988, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. Pacific Time Zone, PDT. During the ceremon ...

. It was also included in the Animation Show of Shows.The Animation Show of Shows (Volume 28)
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References

External links

Watch ''George and Rosemary'' at NFB.ca
* {{ACCT Short Films 1987 films Best Theatrical Short Film Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners 1987 animated films 1980s animated short films Films about old age Films directed by Alison Snowden and David Fine National Film Board of Canada animated short films English-language Canadian films 1980s Canadian films

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