Symbiosis

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Residents of an island face losing their homes to weekend visitors. The short film looks at the tension between locals and tourists over land rights.

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Symbiosis is a Canadian animated short film, directed by David Cox and released in 1976. Inspired by the ongoing controversy around land tenancy on the Toronto Islands, the film centres on the residents of an unnamed island that is under threat of being taken over by its occasional visitors. The film won the award for best film under three minutes at the 1976 Ottawa International Animation Festival, and was a Canadian Film Award nominee for Best Animated Short at the 28th Canadian Film Awards in 1977. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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