NFB Collection
The Chinese Violin
20028 min 21 secFilm: Animation, Children's film
Direction: Joe Chang
Production: George JohnsonSvend-Erik Eriksen
Script: Madeleine Thien
A young girl and her father leave everything familiar behind when they move to Canada from China. The only piece of home they bring with them is a Chinese violin. As they face the huge challenges of starting new lives in a new place, the music of the violin connects them to the life they left behind - and guides the girl to a musical future.
The Chinese Violin is part of the NFB's Talespinners collection. Created for children aged five to nine, Talespinners uses vibrant animation to bring popular stories from a wide range of cultural communities to the screen.
Availability
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Subject categories
- Literature and Language > Adaptations of Literary WorksAnimation based on LiteratureChildren's Literature
- Literature and Language - Canada > Adaptations of Literary Works
- Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism > Chinese OriginsImmigration Experience and Social Adjustment
- Music > Folk Music
- Families > Immigrant Experience
- Social Issues > Immigrant Experience
- Health/Personal Development > Bullying & Discrimination
- Arts Education > Music
- Ethics and Religious Culture > Religious Diversity/Heritage
Credits
- director
- Joe Chang
- producer
- George Johnson
- technical director
- Shelley McIntosh
- special effects
- Shelley McIntosh
- animation
- Celest Brown
- Gintaras Zubrickas
- Joe Chang
- composer
- Zhuo Rui-Shi
- writer
- Madeleine Thien
- sound supervisor
- Jamie Mahaffey
- voice
- Lulu Li
- pre-production design
- Joe Chang
- colour stylist
- Shelley McIntosh
- Celest Brown
- Joe Chang
- research
- Gintaras Zubrickas
- editor
- Shirley Claydon
- Ileana Pietrobruno
- software support
- Nathaniel Akin
- consultant
- Rubén Möller
- musician
- Huang Ji Rong
- Heidi Krutzen
- Sun Yong
- music studio
- Raymond Mak
- audio facility
- Desolation Sound
- re-recording mixer
- Mark Hensley
- production clerk
- Christine Sears
- producer's assistant
- Christopher Adkins
- production supervisor
- Kathryn Lynch
- program administrator
- Bruce Hagerman
- executive producer
- Svend-Erik Eriksen
Awards
- Bronze Plaque Award - Category: Education & Information International Film and Video Festival