The Sand Castle

1977 animated short film directed by Co Hoedeman
Movie animated_short_film Q1810322
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The Sand Castle

Summary

The Sand Castle is an animated short film[1]. It draws 17 Wikipedia views per month (animated_short_film category, ranking #170 of 1,467).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Sand Castle received the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film[3].
  • The Sand Castle received the Annecy Cristal for a Short Film[4].
  • The Sand Castle's instance of is recorded as animated short film[5].
  • The Sand Castle's director is recorded as Co Hoedeman[6].
  • The Sand Castle's composer is recorded as Normand Roger[7].
  • The Sand Castle's production company is recorded as National Film Board of Canada[8].
  • The Sand Castle's director of photography is recorded as Jean-Yves Escoffier[9].
  • The Sand Castle's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0075847[10].
  • The Sand Castle's original language of film or TV show is recorded as French[11].
  • The Sand Castle's color is recorded as color[12].
  • The Sand Castle's country of origin is recorded as Canada[13].
  • The Sand Castle's publication date is recorded as +1977-01-01T00:00:00Z[14].
  • The Sand Castle's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07k8ls7[15].
  • The Sand Castle's distributed by is recorded as National Film Board of Canada[16].
  • The Sand Castle's official website is recorded as http://www.nfb.ca/film/sand_castle[17].
  • The Sand Castle's filming location is recorded as Montreal[18].
  • The Sand Castle's film editor is recorded as Jacques Drouin[19].
  • The Sand Castle's nominated for is recorded as Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film[20].
  • The Sand Castle's title is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Le Château de sable'}[21].
  • The Sand Castle's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+14'}[22].
  • The Sand Castle's fabrication method is recorded as sand animation[23].
  • The Sand Castle's fabrication method is recorded as stop-motion[24].
  • The Sand Castle's ČSFD film ID is recorded as 225696[25].
  • The Sand Castle's Kinopoisk film ID is recorded as 122045[26].
  • The Sand Castle's OFDb film ID is recorded as 96359[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Sand Castle's director is recorded as Co Hoedeman[6].

Publication

The Sand Castle's publication date is recorded as +1977-01-01T00:00:00Z[14]. Its original language of film or TV show is recorded as French[11].

Reception

Awards received include Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film[3], an Academy Awards[28], in United States[29], founded in 1932[30] and Annecy Cristal for a Short Film[4].

Why It Matters

The Sand Castle draws 17 Wikipedia views per month (animated_short_film category, ranking #170 of 1,467).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

FAQs

What awards did The Sand Castle receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film[3] and Annecy Cristal for a Short Film[4].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . annecy.org. annecy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Kinopoisk. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Online-Filmdatenbank. wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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