NFB Collection
From Far Away
20006 min 39 secFilm: Animation, Children's film
Direction: Shira AvniSerene El-haj Daoud
Production: Michael FukushimaIsobel MarksDavid Verrall
Script: Sugith Varughese
This touching story tells of Saoussan, a young girl struggling to adjust to a new world after being uprooted from her wartorn homeland. She has come to seek a quieter and safer life in Canada, although memories of war and death linger, and she must cope with a new language and culture. From Far Away speaks to the power within us all to adapt like Saoussan and to welcome a newcomer.
From Far Away 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 Literature
- Literature and Language - Canada > Adaptations of Literary WorksCanadian LiteratureChildren's Materials
- Social Issues > ChildrenImmigrant Experience
- Children and Youth > Cultural GroupsWar and Youth
- Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism > Immigration Experience and Social AdjustmentIntercultural Relations
- War, Conflict and Peace > War and Youth
- Languages > English as a Second Language
Credits
- director
- Shira Avni
- Serene El-haj Daoud
- animation
- Shira Avni
- Serene El-haj Daoud
- producer
- Michael Fukushima
- executive producer
- Isobel Marks
- David Verrall
- script
- Sugith Varughese
- infographics
- Catherine Lafortune
- editing
- Gordon Hashimoto
- sound editing
- Jean-Baptiste Roger
- sound design
- Normand Roger
- music
- Normand Roger
- re-recording
- Serge Boivin
- Jean Paul Vialard
- voice
- Jesse Vinet
Awards
- Dick and Ada Bird Award for Best Animated Short Film - with a cash prize of 200$Flicks International Children Film Festival
- Golden Sheaf Award - Category: Best Children's ProductionYorkton Film Festival
- Honorable Mention - Category: Children and Youth International Film and Video Festival
- Special MentionFestival Internacional de Cine para la Infancia y la Juventud
- Special Mention of the Jury for Excellence in Direction and WritingYouth Media Alliance