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{{Infobox film
| name = Pig Bird
| director = [[Richard Condie]]
| producer = Derek Mazur<ref>{{cite url |url=https://collection.nfb.ca/film/pigbird|title= Pigbird - NFB Collection|website=NFB|access-date = November 26, 2024}}</ref>
| studio = [[National Film Board of Canada]]<br> [[Revenue Canada]]
| released = {{Film date|1981}}
| runtime = 3 minutes
| country = [[Canada]]
| language = English
}}
'''Pigbird''' is a [[1981]] [[Short film|animated short]] comedy film directed by [[Richard Condie]].
The film was cooperated by the now defunct [[Canadian Pacific Airlines]] (which at the time was originally called CP Air), and shown and produced by [[Revenue Canada]].<ref name=":0">{{Citation|website=National Film Board of Canada|title=Pigbird |url=https://www.nfb.ca/film/pigbird/ |access-date=2023-09-09 |language=en}}</ref>
The animated film is a [[Public service announcement|PSA]] 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 other innocent bystanders.<ref name=":0" />
==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]], 1983.<ref>{{Cite book| publisher = ALA| isbn = 978-0-8389-3342-8| title = Notable children's films and videos, filmstrips, and recordings, 1973-1986| location = Chicago| access-date = 2024-02-15| date = 1987| url = http://archive.org/details/notablechildrens0000unse}}</ref>
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*{{NFB film|pigbird}}
*{{IMDb title|222273}}
[[Category:1981 films]]
[[Category:1981 comedy films]]
[[Category:Sponsored films]]
[[Category:National Film Board of Canada animated short films]]
[[Category:Canadian animated comedy films]]
[[Category:1980s Canadian animated films]]
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[[Category:Films directed by Richard Condie]]
[[Category:Films about travel]]
[[Category:Canadian Pacific Air Lines]]
[[Category:1981 animated short films]]