Adam is a 1991 6-minute animated short film written, animated and directed by Peter Lord

Peter Lord

Peter Lord CBE is a British film producer, director and co-founder of the Academy award-winning Aardman Animations studio, an animation firm best known for its clay animated films and shorts, particularly those featuring plasticine duo Wallace & Gromit.-Biography:In cooperation with David...

 that was nominated for an academy award for best short film, and won the equivalent award at BAFTA

British Academy of Film and Television Arts

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts is a charity in the United Kingdom that hosts annual awards shows for excellence in film, television, television craft, video games and forms of animation.-Introduction:...

 in 1992 as well as the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in 1993. It is based on the beginning of the Book of Genesis.

Plot

Adam is a man who is created by the Hand of God and is put on this lonely planet. He does silly acts and does all sorts of strange things. When God realises that Adam is lonely, he makes Adam a friend. Adam, expecting it to be a woman, gets himself ready as if for a date only to find out his new friend is a penguin.