Every Child (film)

Every Child
Every Child
Directed by	Eugene Fedorenko
Written by	story Derek Lamb; Bernard Carez; Raymond Pollender
Produced by	Derek Lamb
Starring	Bernard Carez; Sophie Cowling; Raymond Pollender
Cinematography	Jacques Avoine; Robert Humble; Richard Moras
Music by	Normand Roger
Production; company	National Film Board of Canada
Distributed by	National Film Board of Canada; UNICEF
Release date	24 October 2008 (Argentina);
Running time	6 minutes
Country	Canada
Languages	English; French

Every Child is an animated short film produced in 1979 by the National Film Board of Canada in association with UNICEF.

This is a film without words, incorporating sounds by Les Mîmes Électriques (The Electric Mimes).^[1]

Description

To commemorate the declaration of the UNICEF about the rights about the child, this film illustrates the theme "Every child has the right for a name and nationality when born." There is even a reminder at the end of the film for the viewer to support UNICEF.

This animated short tells the story of a child rejected from every home, then found by two tramps who give her love and tenderness.^[1]

Cast

Bernard Carez
Sophie Cowling as the Child
Raymond Pollender

Credits

Director and animator: Eugene Fedorenko
Producer: Derek Lamb
Written by: Derek Lamb, Les Mîmes Électriques
Filmed by: Robert Humble, Richard Moras, Jacques Avoine
Sound: Normand Roger
Mixer: Hans Peter Strobl
Sound Artists: Les Mîmes Électriques
Painters: France Beaulieu, Marc Betrand (Uncredited)
Administrator: Diane Bergeron
UNICEF Producer: Michel Munger (Uncredited)

Awards

In 1980 Derek Lamb won an Oscar for Best Short Film, Animated at the Academy Awards, United States^[1]
Best Animation and Special Award, 1st Genie Awards, 1980
In 1980 Eugene Fedorenko won the OIAF Award for First Films at the Ottawa International Animation Festival

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Every Child". Canadian Film Encyclopedia. Toronto International Film Festival. {{cite encyclopedia}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)

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v t e Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
1932–1950	Flowers and Trees (1932) Three Little Pigs (1933) The Tortoise and the Hare (1934) Three Orphan Kittens (1935) The Country Cousin (1936) The Old Mill (1937) Ferdinand the Bull (1938) The Ugly Duckling (1939) The Milky Way (1940) Lend a Paw (1941) Der Fuehrer's Face (1942) The Yankee Doodle Mouse (1943) Mouse Trouble (1944) Quiet Please! (1945) The Cat Concerto (1946) Tweetie Pie (1947) The Little Orphan (1948) For Scent-imental Reasons (1949) Gerald McBoing-Boing (1950)
1951–1975	The Two Mouseketeers (1951) Johann Mouse (1952) Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom (1953) When Magoo Flew (1954) Speedy Gonzales (1955) Magoo's Puddle Jumper (1956) Birds Anonymous (1957) Knighty Knight Bugs (1958) Moonbird (1959) Munro (1960) Ersatz (The Substitute) (1961) The Hole (1962) The Critic (1963) The Pink Phink (1964) The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics (1965) A Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Double Feature (1966) The Box (1967) Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968) It's Tough to Be a Bird (1969) Is It Always Right to Be Right? (1970) The Crunch Bird (1971) A Christmas Carol (1972) Frank Film (1973) Closed Mondays (1974) Great (1975)
1976–2000	Leisure (1976) The Sand Castle (1977) Special Delivery (1978) Every Child (1979) The Fly (1980) Crac (1981) Tango (1982) Sundae in New York (1983) Charade (1984) Anna & Bella (1985) A Greek Tragedy (1986) The Man Who Planted Trees (1987) Tin Toy (1988) Balance (1989) Creature Comforts (1990) Manipulation (1991) Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase (1992) The Wrong Trousers (1993) Bob's Birthday (1994) A Close Shave (1995) Quest (1996) Geri's Game (1997) Bunny (1998) The Old Man and the Sea (1999) Father and Daughter (2000)
2001–present	For the Birds (2001) The ChubbChubbs! (2002) Harvie Krumpet (2003) Ryan (2004) The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation (2005) The Danish Poet (2006) Peter & the Wolf (2007) La Maison en Petits Cubes (2008) Logorama (2009) The Lost Thing (2010) The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore (2011) Paperman (2012) Mr Hublot (2013) Feast (2014) Bear Story (2015) Piper (2016) Dear Basketball (2017) Bao (2018) Hair Love (2019) If Anything Happens I Love You (2020) The Windshield Wiper (2021) The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (2022) War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko (2023)
Submissions for Best Animated Short Academy Award