Synopsis

Cattle Call is a high-speed animated documentary about the art of livestock auctioneering. Structured around the mesmerizing talents of 2007 Man-Sask Auctioneer Champion, Tim Dowler, and using a variety of classic and avant-garde animation techniques (including stop-motion, cut-outs, open-exposures, hole-punching and rubbing lettraset directly on the celluloid) filmmakers Maryniuk and Rankin have tried to create images as dazzlingly abstract, absurd and adrenalizing as the incredible language of auctioneering itself. It is our hope that the film will induce near-bovine levels of dumbfoundedness in all those who gaze upon it.

Shooting Format

Languages

Additional Details

Available Subtitle

Screening Formats

  • DVD,
  • AppleProRes,
  • Beta SP,
  • BluRay,
  • HDCAM,
  • Digibeta,
  • MiniDV,
  • H.264

Credits

Provided By

  • Winnipeg Film Group logo