Awards
- 2019 Oscar Nomination
- 2019 Canadian Screen Award winner
- Grand Prix – Anima Mundi – Brazil
- Best short film – Trebon Anifilm
- Best Direction and Best Comedy – LA Animation Festival
- Official selection – Zagreb International Animation Festival
- Official selection – Annecy International Animation Festival
- Official selection – Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Official selection – Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)
- Audience Choice – Best Film – Court c’est Court Avignon
- Audience Choice – Best Film – Krakow
- Audience Choice – Best Film – Internationales Trickfilm-Wiesbaden
- Audience Choice – Abitibi-Temiscamingue International Film Festival
- Canadian Academy Award nominee for Best Writing
- Best Animation Series, Cartoons on the Bay, Italy 2000
- Canadian Viewers Choice finalist for most popular Canadian TV program 1999 and 2000
- First prize Best Prime Time Animation, Los Angeles Animation Celebration 2002
- Second prize Best Prime Time Animation, Los Angeles Animation Celebration 2001
- Oscar for best short animation 1993
- Canadian Academy Award for best short animation 1993
- British Academy Award nominee for best short animation 1993
- Best short film – Annecy International Animation Festival
- Special prize for humour – Ottawa International Animation Festival
- Silver Hugo – Chicago International Film Festival 1994
- Best Animation – Toronto Short Film Festival 1995
- Best Short – Cinanima Animation Festival 1994
- Oscar nomination for best short animation 1988
- Canadian Academy Award (Genie Award) for best short film 1988
- Best Short Film, Zagreb Animation Festival 1988
- Varna Animation Festival Best short film 1988
- Gold Plaque Chicago International Film Festival 1988
- Official Selection, London Film Festival 1988
- Canadian Academy Award (Genie Award) nominee for best short film 1990
- Best short Berlin Film Festival 1990
- Best short Athens International Film Festival 1990
- Shortlisted for 1990 Oscar nomination.
- Oscar nomination for best short animation 1985
- Best first film Annecy International Animation Festival 1985
- Official Selection, London Film Festival 1985
- Official Selection – Toronto International Animation Festival