The Hungry Squid

{{short description|2002 short film}}

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| director = John Weldon

| producer = Marcy Page

| writer = John Weldon

| narrator = Derek McGrath

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| music = John Weldon

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| studio = National Film Board of Canada (NFB)

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| released = {{Film date|2002}}

| runtime = 15 minutes

| country = Canada

| language = English

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The Hungry Squid is 2002 animated short film by John Weldon, about a young girl whose homework and personal life is being disrupted by creatures, including a giant ravenous squid.{{cite news|last=Vonder Haar|first=Pete|title=THE HUNGRY SQUID|url=http://www.filmthreat.com/reviews/4458/|accessdate=6 August 2012|newspaper=Film Threat|date=17 April 2003|format=Review}} The film was animated using Weldon's personal style of do-it-yourself filmmaking, combining low-budget computer animation with puppets, photos and stop-motion animation in a technique he calls "digital recyclomation." The film's producer, Marcy Page, had coined the term "recyclomation" during production of Weldon's 1991 film, The Lump.{{cite web|title=The Hungry Squid|url=http://www.onf-nfb.gc.ca/eng/collection/film/?id=50918|work=Collection|publisher=National Film Board of Canada|accessdate=30 September 2010}}

This National Film Board of Canada production received seven awards, including the Genie Award for Best Animated Short and the Platinum Award at the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival. The film is narrated by Derek McGrath.