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The Orange
19924 min 49 secFilm: Animation, Children's film, Fiction
Direction: Diane Chartrand
Production: Thérèse Descary
Script: Diane Chartrand
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.
In this animated film for five- to eight-year-olds, a group of schoolchildren are amazed to discover that one of their classmates does not have enough to eat. With the help of their teacher, the children come to understand that his hardship affects them all and that the fight against poverty requires solidarity and sharing. Film without words.
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Subject categories
- Social Issues > Animation and Allegory on Social IssuesChildrenPovertySocial Problems
- Children and Youth > Children's RightsHealth and SafetyYouthful Perspectives
- Law and Crime > Children's RightsHuman Rights
- Food and Food Industries > Food Issues
- Health/Personal Development > Healthy Eating, Nutrition
Credits
- director
- Diane Chartrand
- script
- Diane Chartrand
- producer
- Thérèse Descary
- editing
- Camille Laperrière
- music
- Normand Roger
- Denis L. Chartrand
Awards
- Award of Excellence 1993Youth Media Alliance
- Special Jury CommendationInternational Animation Festival
- Camério Humanitas AwardCarrousel international du film
- "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
- UNICEF Special Prize - Category: Best Short FilmInternational Film Festival