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The Girl Who Hated Books
20067 min 21 secFilm: Animation, Children's film
Direction: Jo Meuris
Production: David VerrallSally BochnerTamara Lynch
Script: Sugith Varughese
Meena, whose name means "fish" ins Sanskrit, does not like to read. In fact, she hates (yes, hates) anything to do with books and reading. Which worries her parents, who love (yes, love) books, to the point of being able to read three at a time. One day while searching for her kitten Max, Meena is introduced to the magical worlds within books, and nothing, as they say, is the same after that. Based on the book by Manjusha Pawagi.
Availability
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Subject categories
- Literature and Language > Adaptations of Literary WorksAnimation based on LiteratureChildren's StoriesReading and Writing
- Literature and Language - Canada > Adaptations of Literary WorksCanadian Literature
- Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism > Asian Origins
- Children and Youth > Children's Stories
- English Language Arts > CanLitChildren's Stories/Fables
- Health/Personal Development > Healthy Relationships
Credits
- director
- Jo Meuris
- animator
- Jo Meuris
- additional animation
- Samantha Youssef
- Christopher Goodkey
- Luc Chamberland
- animation assistant
- Shira Avni
- Roxanne Ducharme
- Mathieu Caron Dandurand
- Jean-Martin Casseus
- voice
- Michael Rudder
- Elizabeth Lofranco
- Harry Standjofski
- Thor Bishopric
- original music composer
- Janet Lumb
- Dino Giancola
- writer
- Sugith Varughese
- digital imaging specialist
- Susan Gourley
- colour design
- Anne Ashton
- infographist
- Randall Finnerty
- Jason Smalridge
- Catherine Lafortune
- Martine Henri
- Jean Yuson
- Itsik Romano
- Stephan Gaudreault
- Neerajkumar Patel
- picture editor
- Oana Suteu
- sound editor
- Don Ayer
- foley artist
- Karla Baumgardner
- assistant foley artist
- Rod Thibeault
- foley recording
- Luc Léger
- voice recording
- Audio Postproduction SPR Inc.
- re-recording
- Serge Boivin
- scan
- Jean-Marc Brosseau
- video output
- Jean-Marc Brosseau
- online editing
- Denis Gathelier
- titles
- Gaspard Gaudreau
- technical coordination
- Jelena Popovic
- Julie Laperrière
- digital editing technician
- Phyllis Lewis
- Martine Forget
- studio administration
- Gisèle Guilbault
- Rosalina Di Sario
- marketing manager
- Hélène Tanguay
- Melissa Wheeler
- executive producer
- David Verrall
- Sally Bochner
- producer
- Tamara Lynch
Awards
- Chris Award - Category: Children & Youth International Film and Video Festival
- NFB Prize for Best Animated filmReel to Real International Film Festival for Youth and Families