Spartree

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Spartree

1977 Canadian film

Spartree is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by Phillip Borsos and released in 1977.[1] A process documentary about loggers preparing a spar tree for use in a cable logging operation, it won the Canadian Film Award for Best Theatrical Short Film at the 27th Canadian Film Awards.[2]

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To achieve the film's climactic shot, Borsos assembled 12 different cameras around the forest floor.[3]

In addition to its Canadian Film Award win for Best Theatrical Short Film, it won the awards for Best Cinematography in a Non-Feature and Best Sound in a Non-Feature.[2]

The film was also later the subject of Spartree: Making the Film, a documentary about its creation.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Borsos, Phillip". The Canadian Encyclopedia, December 2, 2007.
  2. [2]
    Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7737-3238-1. pp. 117-119.
  3. [3]
    "Clear and independent". Cinema Canada, August 1979.
  4. [4]
    William Beard and Jerry White, North of Everything: English-Canadian Cinema Since 1980. University of Alberta, 2002. ISBN 9780888643902. Chapter "Directed by Phillip Borsos" by Blaine Allan, pp. 106-121.


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