CGI Animation on a Boy dreaming of Freedom | Canary | by Pierre-Hugues Dallaire & Benoit Therriault | Short Animated Film | Family Entertainment | Heart Touching Short Movie |br br "Canary" is a powerful and heart-touching CGI animated short film by Pierre-Hugues Dallaire and Benoit Therriault. It follows the story of a young boy named Sonny, who works in a coal mine alongside adults. His job is to care for the canary, which detects deadly methane gas underground. Seeking a moment of freedom, Sonny teaches the bird to play dead, endangering the lives of the men in the mine for a fleeting glimpse of sunlight above.