The Lion Has Wings shot in 12 days, and completed in about four weeks, at a cost of just £30,000, a notable achievement in the times. Within days of its release, copies had been shipped to 60 countries. Although it is difficult to determine its actual impact on the public, "The Lion Has Wings" was considered a significant factor in persuading the British government to allow the film industry to continue to work, and the film was regarded as a model of how filmmakers could be an asset to the war effort. Like many propaganda films, "The Lion Has Wings" does not tell the
How Wings Are Attached to the Backs of Angels the animation category at the Chicago International Film Festival. How Wings Are Attached to the Backs of Angels How Wings Are Attached to the Backs of Angels is a 1996 animated short by Canadian animator Craig Welch, produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). While Welch's first film with the NFB, 1992's "No Problem", was influenced by the comic style of NFB animators Cordell Barker and Richard Condie, "How Wings Are Attached to the Backs of Angels" marked a distinct change in artistic direction, exploring such darker themes as death and desire, in a style that has been