Pigbird is a 1981

animated short Animation is a filmmaking technique whereby still images are manipulated to create moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Animati ...

comedy film directed by

Richard Condie Richard Condie, (born 1942) is a Canadian animator, filmmaker, musician and voice actor. Condie is best known for his 1985 animated short '' The Big Snit'' at the National Film Board of Canada and has won six international awards for ''Getting ...

. The film was cooperated by the now defunct

Canadian Pacific Airlines Canadian Pacific Air Lines was a Canadian airline that operated from 1942 to 1987. It operated under the name CP Air from 1968 to 1986. Headquartered at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, British Columbia, it served domestic Canadian ...

(which at the time was originally called CP Air), and shown and produced by

Revenue Canada The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA; ; ) is the revenue service of the Canadian federal government, and most provincial and territorial governments. The CRA collects taxes, administers tax law and policy, and delivers benefit programs and tax credit ...

. The animated film is a

public service announcement A public service announcement (PSA) is a message in the public interest disseminated by the media without charge to raise public awareness and change behavior. Oftentimes these messages feature unsettling imagery, ideas or behaviors that are des ...

about custom safety.

Plot

The plot tells the story of a citizen trying to sneak in an exotic creature through customs, and then the officer says that they can't bring in the creature. So they successfully manage to bring the creature through customs illegally by handing the creature to another citizen secretly. Only for the citizen to find out that the creature has been infected with insects inside his fur, and then eventually, the insects suddenly spread through the city, invading buses, and pedestrians.

Awards

* Zagreb Film Festival, Poland, The Golden Gram, Educational, 1981 * Ottawa International Animation Festival, Canada, Commercial Shorts Under 5 Minutes, 1982 *

ALA Notable Children's Videos American Library Association Notable lists are announced each year in January by various divisions within the American Library Association (ALA). There are six lists which are part of the larger ALA awards structure. * ''ALA Notable Books for Adu ...

, 1983.

References

External links

* * 1981 films 1981 comedy films Sponsored films National Film Board of Canada animated short films Canadian animated comedy films 1980s Canadian animated films {{1980s-Canada-film-stub Films directed by Richard Condie Films about travel Canadian Pacific Air Lines 1981 animated short films