NFB Collection
A Is for Architecture
196014 min 23 secFilm: Animation
Direction: Gerald BudnerRobert Verrall
Production: Colin LowTom Daly
Script: James Beveridge
A panorama of ancient cities, palaces and temples whose splendor has awed mankind. The film moves from one tradition to another, illustrating how each reflects the sentiments and values of its time, from the massive temples of the pharaohs to the soaring skyscrapers of today.
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Subject categories
- Architecture > Historic Perspectives
Credits
- director
- Gerald Budner
- Robert Verrall
- producer
- Colin Low
- Tom Daly
- script
- James Beveridge
- editing
- James Beveridge
- photography
- Douglas Poulter
- narrator
- William Needles
- music
- Eldon Rathburn
Awards
- Third Prize - Silver Cup and MedalInternational Film Festival
- Silver CupInternational Exhibition of Electronics, Nuclear Energy, Radio, Television and Cinema
- Certificate of Merit - Category: General InformationGenie Awards
- First PrizeYorkton Film Festival
- Certificate of MeritYorkton Film Festival
- Special CIDALC Prize - Silver MedalIbero-American-Filipino Documentary Film Contest
- Chris Award Certificate International Film and Video Festival