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The Sand Castle

1977 animated short film directed by Co Hoedeman
Movie animated_short_film Q1810322
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Summary

The Sand Castle is an animated short film[1]. It draws 153 Wikipedia views per month (animated short film category, ranking #170 of 1,467).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film[3], Annecy Cristal for a Short Film[4]
  • Director: Co Hoedeman[5]
  • Composer: Normand Roger[6]
  • Production company: National Film Board of Canada[7]
  • Director of photography: Jean-Yves Escoffier[8]
  • Original language of film or TV show: French[9]
  • Color: color[10]
  • Country of origin: Canada[11]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1977[12]
  • Distributed by: National Film Board of Canada[13]
  • Official website: http://www.nfb.ca/film/sand_castle[14]
  • Filming location: Montreal[15]
  • Film editor: Jacques Drouin[16]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film[17]
  • Title: Le Château de sable[18]
  • Duration: 14 minutes[19]
  • Fabrication method: sand animation[20], stop-motion[21]
  • Set in environment: desert[22]
  • P14449: 247838[23]

Why It Matters

The Sand Castle has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

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].

Related Entities

Canada

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . annecy.org. annecy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4h ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 9
    Wikipedia languages → ['azb', 'ca', 'de', 'en', 'fr', 'gl', 'nl', 'pt', 'ur']
    Ampas collections film id → W071788
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 15w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fabrication method → sand animation, stop-motion
    Website → —
    Aliases → —
    P14449 → 247838
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38315|batch #38315]]: MovieLens IDs (part 2)"
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