Friends of the Family

19829 minFilm: Animation, Children's film

Direction: Yossi Abolafia

Production: Bernard GérinDavid Verrall

Script: Derek LambYossi Abolafia

Co-produced by the NFB and UNICEF Canada.

This animated film carries a positive message about the importance of helping others. Friends of the Family centres around a sister and brother who awaken each morning to a secure and comfortable environment where all their needs are taken care of. When plans to collect for UNICEF are discussed over breakfast, the boy questions the reasons for doing so. A sweep of the animator's brush sends the children into a world they have never before seen, a world without even the necessities of life. Through the experience, they realize the purpose of raising funds for foreign aid and at the same time learn how children can make a worthwhile contribution to their brothers and sisters around the world.

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Subject categories

  • Social Issues > Animation and Allegory on Social IssuesChildrenCommunity Projects and AssistanceSocial Services in Foreign Countries
  • Developing Countries > International Development and Service Agencies
  • Children and Youth > Living ConditionsSocial ServicesYouth of the World

Credits

director
Yossi Abolafia
animation
Yossi Abolafia
producer
Bernard Gérin
David Verrall
script
Derek Lamb
Yossi Abolafia
animation camera
Pierre Landry
Normand Roger
sound editing
Normand Roger
Bill Graziadei
re-recording
Jean-Pierre Joutel
Adrian Croll
voice
Colin Kish
Janice Chaikelson
music
Michel Legrand