The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin

Directed by Janet Perlman

Canada, 1981 (animation, 10 minutes, colour)

Also known as "La tendre histoire de Cendrillon Pingouin"

Image: © National Film Board of Canada

Video (National Film Board of Canada)

Film Description:
"Starring a mistreated, romantic penguin and a supporting cast of rotund look-alikes in the well-known tale with a preposterous twist."
-- World Film Festival / Festival des films du monde (source)

Film Credits (partial):
Produced by:	Janet Perlman, Derek Lamb
Animation:	Janet Perlman
Production Company:	National Film Board of Canada / Office national du film du Canada

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Notes about The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin

Shown at the World Film Festival (Montreal) in 1982.
Nominated for an Academy Award in the Short Film (Animated) category.

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Quote by the Director

"I don't like the automatic pairing of virtue and beauty in fairy tales and Disney films. I have never had a desire to do that kind of animation. Disney would have put penguins in Antarctica. I kept them in medieval England. Penguins are perfect for Cinderella because she was beautiful and good, while her sisters were ugly and bad. If everyone was a penguin [...] then they'd all be just birds."
-- Janet Perlman (source)

Web Sites about The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin

National Film Board of Canada. "NFB -- The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin." National Film Board of Canada. http://www.onf-nfb.gc.ca/eng/collection/film/?id=13580.
Office national du film du Canada. "ONF -- La tendre histoire de Cendrillon Pingouin." Office national du film du Canada. http://www.onf-nfb.gc.ca/fra/collection/film/?id=1696. [in French]