World Famous Gopher Hole Museum

World Famous Gopher Hole Museum
Directed byChelsea McMullan
Douglas Nayler
Produced byKylie McMullan
CinematographyMaya Bankovic
Edited byDouglas Nayler
Music bySimone Schmidt
Release date
  • September 12, 2015 (2015-09-12) (TIFF)
Running time
15 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

World Famous Gopher Hole Museum is a 2015 Canadian short documentary film directed by Chelsea McMullan and Douglas Nayler.[1] The film centres on the Torrington Gopher Hole Museum in Torrington, Alberta,[2] a museum in which stuffed gophers are posed in various anthropomorphic situations.[3]

The film premiered at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.[4]

The film was shortlisted for the Canadian Screen Award for Best Short Documentary at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards.[5]

  1. ^ "TIFF ’15: “Al Purdy,” “Omar Khadr” make Canadian line-up". Realscreen, August 5, 2015.
  2. ^ "15 Must See Documentaries from the Opening Weekend of Hot Docs’ 25th Landmark Year". The Gate, April 16, 2018.
  3. ^ "17 Things to Do in the Canadian Badlands". Huffington Post, June 1, 2015.
  4. ^ "Gopher Hole Museum showcased in new doc on CBC site". Red Deer Advocate, May 24, 2016.
  5. ^ "2016 Canadian Screen Awards Nominees Announced". ET Canada, January 19, 2016.