The film made the initial list of ten contenders for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film , but was not among the final five nominees . It was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Animated Short Film at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards . The short film takes place over what appears to be three or four nights . It features a fox desperately searching across a seaside and through a lush forest for the whale . The viewers are able to hear crickets , woodpeckers , birds , waterfalls , water rushing through a creek , and a storm as the fox wanders throughout the forest . He goes fishing , sleeps in a cave , watches birds , star gazes , and dreams about meeting the whale . There are many creatures in the forest , butterflies , a rabbit , a frog , and many fish . But the fox seems to have his heart set on meeting the whale . When he finally finds the whale , all that is left is the skeleton . The fox touches the skeleton and appears to be saddened as he paddles away with his eyes closed
6th Canadian Screen Awards
6th Canadian Screen Awards
Fox and the Whale