Five Hole: Tales of Hockey Erotica

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Five Hole: Tales of Hockey Erotica
Directed by Cam Christiansen
Written by Dave Bidini
Produced byCam Christiansen
CinematographyCam Christiansen
Edited byCam Christiansen
Music byDave Bidini
Selina Martin
Animation byCam Christiansen
Production
company
Anlanda
Distributed by Bravo!FACT
Release date
  • October 4, 2009 (2009-10-04)(CIFF)
Running time
5 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Five Hole: Tales of Hockey Erotica is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Cam Christiansen and released in 2009. [1] Based on Dave Bidini's book The Five Hole Stories, the film blends motion capture and video mapping animation to tell a story about sex in the world of ice hockey. [1]

The film was originally envisioned by Christiansen as an animated feature that would dramatize all of the stories in Bidini's original book; however, after failing to secure sufficient funding to make a feature, he proceeded to make the short film version. [1] The film is set to a song written by Bidini and Selina Martin, and performed by Bidini, Martin, Barry Mirochnick, Ford Pier and Martin Tielli.

The film premiered at the 2009 Calgary International Film Festival.

The film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2009. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Tom Babin, "Accolades for local short". Calgary Herald , December 18, 2009.
  2. "Dolan, Nadda films among Canada's best of the year". Waterloo Region Record , December 26, 2009.