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The Tournament
19956 min 31 secFilm: Animation, Children's film
Direction: Francine Desbiens
Production: Thérèse Descary
Script: Francine Desbiens
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada in collaboration with the Canadian International Development Agency, Canadian Heritage, Health Canada, Société Radio-Canada and Premiere Medien GmbH & Co. KG., (Germany).
A little deaf girl who plays against an arrogant boy in a chess tournament is unaffected by his scorn but responds warmly to the attentions of a young poet. Based on article 23 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, this film illustrates disabled children's right to enjoy a full and decent life. A film without words.
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Subject categories
- People with disabilities > Children with DisabilitiesHearing impaired
- Law and Crime > Children's RightsDiscriminationHuman Rights
- Children and Youth > Children's RightsDiscrimination and StereotypingYoung persons with disabilities
Credits
- director
- Francine Desbiens
- script
- Francine Desbiens
- animation
- Francine Desbiens
- producer
- Thérèse Descary
- animation camera
- Raymond Dumas
- editing
- Camille Laperrière
- sound editing
- Francine Poirier
- re-recording
- Shelley Craig
- music
- Robert M. Lepage
Awards
- 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