Snowy

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Streaming on Hot Docs at Home Thu, Apr 29, 2021 10:00 AM
Coming of age in rural Mexico, an introspective 11-year-old boy spends his summer raising fighting bulls and dreaming of emulating the cowboys in his family, while dreading the start of school and pining for his distant father in America.
Film Info
Runtime:13
Copyright:2020
Country Listing:USA
Premiere Status:Canadian Premiere
Festival Info
Festival Year:2021
Language:English
Accessibility:Closed Captions
Program Category:Shorts
Website:http://www.snowythefilm.com
Cast/Crew Info
Director(s):Kaitlyn Schwalje
Alex Wolf Lewis
Producer(s):Justin Levy
Rebecca Stern
Executive Producer(s):Meryl Goldsmith
Cheryl Staurulakis
Dana Nachman
Writer(s):Kaitlyn Schwalje
Editor(s):Katharina Stroh
Alexander Heringer
Cinematography:Alex Wolf Lewis
Sound:Luciano Vignola
VFX:Filipp V. Kotsishevskiy

Description

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Snowy is a turtle, living in isolation and neglect in a family's basement. For more than a decade he has been deprived of sunlight and companionship. Suddenly confronted by questions about Snowy's happiness, the family must address their moral responsibilities as pet owners, their empathy towards animals and whether simply keeping a creature alive is enough. Angie Driscoll

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