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Christopher Changes His Name
20006 min 30 secFilm: Animation, Children's film, Fiction
Direction: Cilia Sawadogo
Production: David VerrallIsobel MarksTamara Lynch
Christopher hates his name - it's just too common! When Aunt Gail from Trinidad tells him a story about a larger-than-life character called Tiger, Christopher changes his name to Tiger. But then he finds a better name... When he has trouble cashing Aunt Gail's birthday cheque made out to Christopher Mulamba, he realizes how special his real name truly is. Maybe he could stick with it... or maybe not!
Christopher Changes His Name 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.
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Subject categories
- Literature and Language > Adaptations of Literary WorksAnimation based on LiteratureChildren's LiteratureChildren's Stories
- Literature and Language - Canada > Adaptations of Literary WorksCanadian LiteratureChildren's Materials
- Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism > African OriginsAnimation and Allegory on MulticulturalismBlack CommunityChildren
- Psychology and Psychiatry > ChildrenEmotional Life
- Children and Youth > Coming of Age Stories
- English Language Arts > CanLit
- Diversity > Identity
- Health/Personal Development > Identity
Credits
- director
- Cilia Sawadogo
- animator
- Cilia Sawadogo
- assistant animator
- Vincent Gauthier
- infographist
- Gisèle Boileau
- digital imaging specialist
- Marie-Nicole Tremblay
- Pierre Plouffe
- Normand Gauthier
- storyteller
- Itah Sadu
- voice recording director
- Sugith Varughese
- picture editor
- Phyllis Lewis
- sound editor
- Leopoldo Gutierrez
- original music
- Chris Crilly
- musician
- Jabjab
- Patrick Vetter
- rapper
- Kooks
- foley artist
- Stéphane Cadotte
- Ariane Picher
- music recording
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- Sylvain Cajelais
- foley recording
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- Sylvain Cajelais
- re-recording
- Jean Paul Vialard
- post-production co-ordinator
- Éric Barbeau
- Richard Lesage
- program administration
- Gisèle Guilbault
- Marina Trambas
- executive producer
- David Verrall
- Isobel Marks
- producer
- Tamara Lynch
Awards
- Silver Chris Award - Category: Children and Youth International Film and Video Festival
- Award for Most Innovative Short Film or Video - given by the Youth Jury (ages 9+)Reel to Real International Film Festival for Youth and Families