Every Child is an animated short film produced in 1979 by the National Film Board of Canada

National Film Board of Canada

The National Film Board of Canada is Canada's twelve-time Academy Award-winning public film producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary, animation, alternative drama and digital media productions...

 in association with UNICEF.

This is a film without words, incorporating sounds by Les Mîmes Électriques (The Electric Mimes).

Description

To commemorate the declaration of the UNICEF about the rights about the child, this film illustrates the theme "Every child has the right for a name and nationality when born." There is even a reminder at the end of the film for the viewer to support UNICEF.

This animated short tells the story of a child rejected of every home, then found by two tramps who give her love and tenderness.

Credits

• Director and animator: Eugene Fedorenko
• Producer: Derek Lamb
  Derek Lamb
  Derek Lamb was an animation filmmaker and producer. While serving as Executive Producer of the National Film Board of Canada's English Animation Studio from 1976 to 1982, he produced the Oscar-winner Special Delivery, directed by John Weldon and Eunice Macaulay, and produced and scripted Eugene...
  
  
• Written by: Derek Lamb
  Derek Lamb
  Derek Lamb was an animation filmmaker and producer. While serving as Executive Producer of the National Film Board of Canada's English Animation Studio from 1976 to 1982, he produced the Oscar-winner Special Delivery, directed by John Weldon and Eunice Macaulay, and produced and scripted Eugene...
  
  , Les Mîmes Électriques
• Filmed by: Robert Humble, Richard Moras, Jacques Avoine
• Sound: Normand Roger
  Normand Roger
  Normand Roger is a Canadian composer, sound editor and sound designer. He is particularly known for his work as a composer of soundtracks for animated films, having composed more than 200 such works since 1970...
  
  
• Mixer: Hans Peter Strobl
• Sound Artists: Les Mîmes Électriques
• Painters: France Beaulieu, Marc Betrand (Uncredited)
• Administrator: Diane Bergeron
• UNICEF Producer: Michel Munger (Uncredited)

Awards

• In 1980 Derek Lamb won an Oscar for Best Short Film, Animated at the Academy Awards
  Academy Awards
  An Academy Award, also known as an Oscar, is an accolade bestowed by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers...
  
  , USA
• In 1980 Eugene Fedorenko won an Genie
  Genie
  Jinn or genies are supernatural creatures in Arab folklore and Islamic teachings that occupy a parallel world to that of mankind. Together, jinn, humans and angels make up the three sentient creations of Allah. Religious sources say barely anything about them; however, the Qur'an mentions that...
  
   for Outstanding Animation at the Genie Awards
• In 1980 Eugene Fedorenko won the OIAF Award for First Films at the Ottawa International Animation Festival
  Ottawa International Animation Festival
  -History:In 1976, the Canadian Film Institute founded the biennial Ottawa International Animation Festival . First held August 10 to 15, 1976, the OIAF created a gathering place for North American animation professionals and enthusiasts to ponder the craft and business of animation...
  
  

External links

• Watch Every Child at NFB Web site