| Without Rockets | |
| Director: | Gary Yates |
| Producer: | Ketih Tomasek |
| Starring: | Ted Felbel |
| Music: | Stephen Arndt |
| Cinematography: | Michael Marshall |
| Editing: | Gary Yates |
| Runtime: | 12 minutes |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | English |
Without Rockets is a Canadian comedy-drama short film, written and directed by Gary Yates and released in 1994.[1] The film stars Ted Felbel as Fred, a lonely older man living in isolation near an abandoned missile base in northern Manitoba, who tries to come up with a new way to bury his pet pig after the animal dies but the ground is too frozen to dig a hole.[1]
The film premiered in Winnipeg in April 1994, as the opening film to screenings of The Wedding Banquet.[2]
The film was a Genie Award nominee for Best Theatrical Short Film at the 15th Genie Awards in 1994.[3]