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'Frank the Wabbit' is a 1998 Canadian animated short film by Academy Award-winning animator John Weldon.[Pam Swedko, [https://playbackonline.ca/1998/12/14/23995-19981214/ "Wrabbit had genesis in bedtime story"]. 'Playback', December 14, 1998.] The film centres on a highly intelligent rabbit with a philosophical worldview and a quick wit to survive and prosper even when the farmer's carrots disappeared.[
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The film had its genesis in a bedtime story that Weldon made up for his young daughter.[
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The film received a Genie Award nomination for Best Animated Short at the 19th Genie Awards in 1999.[Craig MacInnis, "Genies genuflect for Red Violin". 'Montreal Gazette', December 8, 1998.]
In 1999, it was one of eight National Film Board of Canada projects criticized by Reform Party of Canada MP John Williams as a "waste of taxpayers' money".[Rick Mofina, "MP calls eight NFB films `trash': Alberta Reformer details movie hit list in `waste report'". 'Ottawa Citizen', June 9, 1999.]
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