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Tukiki and His Search for a Merry Christmas

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Tukiki and His Search for a Merry Christmas
Written byChristine Atkinson
Directed byVic Atkinson
Voices ofAdam Rich
Sterling Holloway
Music byHagood Hardy
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersBeryl Friesen
W.H. Stevens Jr.
CinematographyRon Haines
Colette Brière
EditorGerald Tripp
Running time30 minutes
Production companiesAtkinson Film-Arts
Titlecraft
Pooled Film Services
Original release
NetworkCBC
ReleaseDecember 24, 1979 (1979-12-24)

Tukiki and His Search for a Merry Christmas is a 1979 animated Christmas television special produced by the Canadian-based Atkinson Film-Arts.[1] It was originally broadcast on CBC and in syndication on December 24, 1979.[2]

Plot

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Tukiki (voiced by Adam Rich) is a small Eskimo boy who sets out to discover the meaning of Christmas along with a magical character known as North Wind (voiced by Sterling Holloway). While on his journey, Tukiki visits different lands with varying cultures and customs. At each of these places, he learns something different about Christmas and is given gifts which he eventually takes back to give to his selfish arctic friends. The thoughtful giving of gifts brings about a change in Tukiki's homeland and suddenly harmony reigns where once was none, and through Tukiki's act of love, the true meaning of Christmas is discovered.

Cast

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The voice cast included:[3]

Principal characters

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Other voices

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Award nominations

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1980 Genie Awards:

  • Outstanding Independent Film - W.H. Stevens Jr., Beryl Friesen
  • Outstanding Animation - W.H. Stevens Jr., Beryl Friesen
  • Outstanding Musical Score (Non-Feature) - Hagood Hardy

Home media

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Tukiki and His Search for a Merry Christmas was released on VHS by Embassy Home Entertainment in 1986 which has long been out of print. On August 12, 2008, it was released as a manufacture-on-demand DVD-R as part of the "Holiday Classics" series by Phoenix Learning Group, Inc.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 323. ISBN 9781476672939.
  2. ^ Television/radio age - Google Books. 1980. Retrieved 2015-07-30.
  3. ^ Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987. Scarecrow Press. pp. 427–428. ISBN 0-8108-2198-2. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
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