Top Priority (film)

Top Priority
Directed byIshu Patel
Produced byIshu Patel
StarringWalter Massey
Vlasta Vrana
Maureen Hill
Paula Mazzzone
Music byNormand Roger
Animation byIshu Patel
Production
company
Release date
  • 1981 (1981)
Running time
9 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Top Priority is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Ishu Patel and released in 1981. Adapted from a short story by South African writer Enver Carim, the film centres on a family in an impoverished country who are in desperate need of water to irrigate their farmland, only to discover that the government prioritizes war with a neighbouring country over the welfare of its own citizens.[1]

The film's voice cast includes Walter Massey, Vlasta Vrana, Maureen Hill and Paula Mazzone.

The film was a Genie Award nominee for Best Theatrical Short Film at the 3rd Genie Awards in 1982.[2]

  1. ^ Linda Gross, "Animated shorts at the Los Feliz". Los Angeles Times, December 16, 1981.
  2. ^ Jay Scott, "Les Plouffe, Ticket to Heaven lead the pack Academy lists Genie nominees". The Globe and Mail, February 4, 1982.