CGI Animation on a boy dreaming of freedom

Directed by P-H Dallaire, Benoit Therriault · Starring Michael McCarron · 2022

Young Sonny works in a coal mine minding the canary that warns of gas, and teaches it to play dead to win a moment in the sunlight.

A gorgeous CG short from Rodeo FX about a mischievous child laborer, selected at TIFF.

A young boy named Sonny works in an underground coal mine with the adults, taking care of the canary that detects deadly methane gas. He teaches the bird to play dead to prank the men, risking their lives for a moment in

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