The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin

The Tender Tale of
Cinderella Penguin
Directed byJanet Perlman
Produced byJanet Perlman [1]
Music byVarious artists
Production
company
Release date
  • 1981 (1981)
Running time
10 minutes
CountryCanada

The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin is a 1981 Canadian animated short film by Janet Perlman that comically adapts the tale of Cinderella with penguins.[2] Produced by the National Film Board of Canada, it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 54th Academy Awards, losing to another animated short from Montreal, Frédéric Back's Crac. The Oscar nomination was the fourth in five years for executive producer Derek Lamb, also Perlman's husband. The film also received a Parents' Choice Award.[3][4]

  1. ^ Short Film Oscars: 1982 Oscars
  2. ^ AllMovie
  3. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1 June 2006). Who's Who in Animated Cartoons: An International Guide to Film and Television's Award-Winning and Legendary Animators. Applause Books. ISBN 978-1-55783-671-7. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
  4. ^ "The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin". Canadian Film Encyclopedia. Toronto International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2012-10-06. Retrieved 24 January 2011.