The ultimate comparison. The original La Fonte des Neiges was released on a few anthology DVDs (e.g., Regards sur le court métrage québécois ). Those DVDs are now out of print and cost upwards of $50-$100 on eBay.
Because it is a short film—and one with challenging subject matter— La Fonte des Neiges never received the mass distribution of a Hollywood blockbuster. It toured festivals (including the Sundance Film Festival in 2009), had limited screenings on Canadian television (often on networks like Télévision de Radio-Canada or Super Écran), and then… it largely vanished. la fonte des neiges 2009 okru better