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A Family for Maria
19925 min 20 secFilm: Animation, Children's film, Fiction
Direction: Lina Gagnon
Production: Thérèse Descary
Script: Lina Gagnon
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada and the Canadian International Development Agency, in cooperation with Health and Welfare Canada, Multiculturalism and Citizenship Canada, la Société Radio-Canada and the German firm of Premiere Medien GmbH & Co. KG.
An animated film for five- to eight-year-olds about international adoption and the difficulty of adapting to a new environment. The film also gives a glimpse into the problems of abandoned children in developing countries. In A Family for Maria/Une famille pour Maria, love triumphs over the insecurity of a little Latin American girl who finds a new family in North America.
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Subject categories
- Children and Youth > Adoption and Foster CareChildren's RightsYouth of the World
- Families > Adoption and Foster CareAnimation on the FamilyChildren
- Developing Countries > Central America and the CaribbeanSouth AmericaYouth
- Law and Crime > Children's RightsHuman RightsIndigenous Peoples
Credits
- director
- Lina Gagnon
- script
- Lina Gagnon
- animation
- Lina Gagnon
- producer
- Thérèse Descary
- cinematography
- Pierre Landry
- Lynda Pelley
- editing
- Camille Laperrière
- sound editing
- Michèle Groleau
- re-recording
- Adrian Croll
- voice
- Anne Loranger-King
- Prunelle Roger
- music
- Normand Roger
Awards
- Special Jury CommendationInternational Animation Festival
- "USC/UNICEF Rights of the Child" AwardInternational Children's Film Festival
- Giffoni Film Festival Award - for the Rights from the Heart Series (3 parts) for all-round constant creative achievement and artistic integrity in the cinemaFilm Festival