Wheelchairs for dogs and mistaken identity: a short film is born

October 31, 2020 1:40 PM

Old Dog: Ann Marie Fleming who lives in Vancouver makes award-winning animated films. Ann-Marie Fleming who lives in 100 Mile House runs Dog Quality, which sells wheelchairs she has designed and other assistive products for dogs. After a case of mistaken identity, the two met up last year, and the idea for this three-minute animated short was born: The result is the charming and touching Old Dog that tells the story of an aging pug who needs a lift on a long walk and can't see very well anymore. It features the clever gadgets from 100 Mile House Fleming and the filmmaker's own experience of watching her father age.
posted by hurdy gurdy girl (8 comments total)

Sorry this content is not available in your location (USA)
posted by stevil at 2:09 PM on October 31, 2020 [1 favorite]

It's on YouTube, perhaps this works?
posted by Superilla at 2:11 PM on October 31, 2020

Youtube doesn't work either.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 2:20 PM on October 31, 2020

Oh no! Previously the NFB films were available for streaming no matter what your location. I’m sorry :(
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 2:25 PM on October 31, 2020

Does this link from the filmmaker’s Twitter feed work?

Never mind, that’s a still shot. Sigh.
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 2:27 PM on October 31, 2020

Vimeo links to excerpts:

Intro
Confused
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 2:33 PM on October 31, 2020

It's a 3 minute long film, and Vimeo has excerpts. Nice.
posted by hippybear at 3:37 PM on October 31, 2020 [2 favorites]

It's a 3 minute long film, and Vimeo has excerpts. Nice.

Usually the complaints about videos not being available are from the rest of the world, so I guess this is just our turn. But still frustrating, because the excerpts look really interesting.
posted by Dip Flash at 8:31 PM on October 31, 2020 [3 favorites]